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1917
Crowd at auction sale of townsite lots in Wasilla, Alaska, June 20, 1917, 1917
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Teeland's Country Store
Teeland's Country Store, also known as Herning's Place and Knik Trading Company, is a historic retail establishment located at the corner of East Herning Avenue and North Boundary Street in Wasilla, Alaska.
About Wasilla
City in Alaska, United StatesWasilla (Denaʼina: Benteh) is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States, and the fourth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state. The city's population was 9,054 at the 2020 census, up from 7,831 in 2010. Wasilla is the largest city in the borough and a part of the Anchorage metropolitan area, which had an estimated population of 398,328 in 2020. Established at the intersection of the Alaska Railroad and Old Carle Wagon Road, the city prospered at the expense of the nearby mining town of Knik. Historically entrepreneurial, the economic base shifted in the 1970s from small-…
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Housing in Wasilla
The typical Wasilla home is worth about $425,000, up 7.1% in a year, 7% above the Alaska typical home.
A strong seller's market
Safety in Wasilla
Safety Grade D
Wasilla reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 90% report less.
Health in Wasilla
Health Grade C+
Healthier than 45% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with Alaska
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 26 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Wasilla
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 95% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Wasilla
Full climate →Wasilla has cold, snowy winters and cool summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 68°, a January night drops to 7°, and about 50 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Wasilla
All Wasilla schools →School Grade A
The public schools Wasilla’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 86% of Alaska’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within AK. Ratings are from neighbors.
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