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Chena Ridge, Alaska.

A community in Fairbanks North Star Borough, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Fairbanks North Star Borough’s.

Living in Chena Ridge, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska

Chena Ridge, in Fairbanks North Star Borough, had 6,015 people in the 2020 census. 76% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 24% are rented. Unemployment in Fairbanks North Star Borough was 3.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Fairbanks North Star Borough work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 6,015 in the 2020 census; median age 37.5
Household income Too few homes in Chena Ridge for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 3.1% Fairbanks North Star Borough, August 2026; 3.1% a year before
Homes 76% lived in by their owners; 24% rented
  • 2,333households
  • 48%of adults have a degree
  • 3%below the poverty line
  • 21 mintypical commute
  • 10%work from home

What people in Fairbanks North Star Borough work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care25%
  • Shops (retail)11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Government9%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Fairbanks North Star Borough had 37,074 jobs in 2025, 0.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 0° and -15°; warmest in July, 72° and 49° -20° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 0° -15° F M A M J J 72° 49° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 0° and -15°; warmest in July, 72° and 49° -20° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 0° -15° F M A M J J 72° 49° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 0° and lows near -15°; warmest in July, with highs near 72° and lows near 49°. About 15 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Ester weather station, 4 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Fairbanks North Star Borough

  1. University of Alaska FairbanksUniversity or college2,605
  2. Fairbanks North Star Borough School DistrictSchool district1,602FTE
  3. Fairbanks MemorialGeneral hospital1,374FTE
  4. Tanana Chiefs Conference- All OtherIndividual and family social services, multi-purpose663
  5. Fairbanks North Star BoroughExecutive and legislative office combinations503
  6. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters443
  7. Tanana Chiefs ConferenceCommunity health centers and clinics, outpatient422
  8. Office of the Secretary of the InteriorFederal government · Department of the Interior365

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 101 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 12,686 people in all across the county; Chena Ridge has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherVery high
  2. Cold wavesVery high
  3. WildfireRelatively high
  4. EarthquakesRelatively high
  5. LandslidesRelatively moderate
  6. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Chena Ridge’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Fairbanks North Star Borough.