Fox is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Fairbanks North Star Borough,
Alaska
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,
United States
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. It is part of the
Fairbanks, Alaska
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Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the
2010 census the population was 417,
up from 300 in 2000.
Geography
Fox is located at (64.953979, -147.628325),
on the bank of Fox Creek as it enters Goldstream Creek Valley, northeast of
Fairbanks.
Steese Highway and
Elliott Highway
The Elliott Highway is a highway in the U.S. state of Alaska that extends 152 miles (245 km) from Fox, about 10 miles (16 km) north of Fairbanks, to Manley Hot Springs. It was completed in 1959 and is part of Alaska Route 2.
Rou ...
intersect in Fox.
Established as a mining camp in the early 1900s, Fox functions as a bedroom community today and most residents work in nearby Fairbanks or at
Fort Knox Gold Mine
The Fort Knox Gold Mine is an open pit gold mine, east of Fox in the Fairbanks mining district of Alaska. It is owned and operated by Toronto-based Kinross Gold. Originally staked in 1913, after very minor mining at the location the property ...
to the northeast.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land.
Demographics
Fox first appeared on the 1950 U.S. Census as an unincorporated village. It did not appear again until 1980 when it was made a census-designated place (CDP).
As of 2007,
there were 353 people, 119 households, and 71 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 159 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 87.67%
White
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, 8.00%
Native American, 0.33%
Asian, 1.33% from
other races, and 2.67% from two or more races. 1.33% of the population were
Hispanic
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or
Latino of any race.
There were 119 households, out of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.6% were
married couples
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living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.5% were non-families. 31.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.19.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 28.3% under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 30.0% from 45 to 64, and 4.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 117.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 133.7 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $51,176, and the median income for a family was $64,107. Males had a median income of $39,297 versus $22,273 for females. The
per capita income
Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.
In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the CDP was $22,689. None of the families and 8.7% of the population were living below the
poverty line
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.
Economy
Fox is home to several restaurants popular with Fairbanksans. One of these, the Howling Dog Saloon, was originally situated in
Ester
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, but moved to Fox in the early 1970s. Across from this saloon is the
Silver Gulch Brewery
The Turtle Club restaurant and bar is nearby. There is also a small general store/gas station.
References
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Census-designated places in Alaska
Census-designated places in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska
Mining communities in Alaska