Alaska · Census place 0233800

Houston, Alaska

Houston is a city in Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska with an estimated 2,226 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 21st largest of 26 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,226; #21 of 26 in Alaska
Change since 2020: +12.4%; +246 people
Land area: 24.0 sq mi; + 1.31 sq mi water
Density: 93 / sq mi; State median 445

Orange pin: Houston. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Juneau.

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Houston population, 2020 to 2024

Houston added 246 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.4%. In the latest year it moved by +73.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,973. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Houston covers 23.95 square miles of land and 1.31 of water, for 93 people per square mile of land. The median Alaska place of 5,000+ has 445, so Houston is less dense than the typical town.

What county Houston is in

All of Houston's residents live in Matanuska-Susitna, which had 117,613 residents in 2024. Houston holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Houston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Houston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99694. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Houston is

The Census internal point of Houston is at 61.615300, -149.800600. Juneau, the capital, is 577.4 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wasilla, AK (10,318 people), 11.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK, 34.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 61.615300, -149.800600
DMS: 61°36'55.08"N 149°48'2.16"W
UTM: 6N 351498.4E 6834519.3N
Geohash: bdvqx0wx1
Plus code: 93HGJ58X+4Q

Daylight in Houston

At 61.62° N, Houston gets about 19 h 34 min of daylight around the June solstice and 5 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 14 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Houston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alaska, measured between internal points. The closest is Wasilla, 11.4 miles away, with 10,318 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Houston, AK?

2,226 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 246 (12.4%) from 1,980 in July 2020.

What county is Houston in?

Matanuska-Susitna. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Houston?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 99694.

How far is Houston from Juneau?

577.4 miles (929.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Houston.

What is the nearest larger city to Houston?

Wasilla, AK, with 10,318 residents, 11.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.