Fairbanks is home to the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the oldest college in Alaska. The location of Fairbanks International Airport within the city has made it a central transportation hub for the interior of Alaska and to the rest of the world. Nearby Fort Wainwright and Eilson Air Force Base are both substantial influences in the region, employing more than one-third of the workforce in the area. Tourism, health care, oil and mining are also prominent areas for Fairbanks's economy.
Sources: Moody's Analytics; Sperling's BestPlaces; U.S. Census.
Numbers as of October 2019
a - Value of 100 means that a family with the median income has exactly enough income to qualify for a typical mortgage on a median-priced single-family home. An index above 100 signifies that the family has surplus income.
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