Biohazard Cleanup Near Fishhook Historic District Fishhook, AK

Fishhook is a census-designated place in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, with a population of 5,048 at the 2020 census, up from 4,679 in 2010.

It is part of the Anchorage, Alaska Metropolitan Statistical Area.

The CDP covers 65.56 square miles, of which 65.09 square miles are land, and it contains a number of mid-sized to small lakes and the Little Susitna River.

Fishhook is reached by Wasilla-Fishhook Road and is described as slightly more rural than suburban; 93.8 percent of residents lived in rural areas in 2020.

The 2020 census counted 1,706 households in Fishhook, and there were 1,943 housing units.

The median age was 35.8 years, with 30.6 percent of residents under the age of 18 and 11.1 percent aged 65 or older.

Fishhook first appeared on the 2000 census as a CDP, with 2,030 residents, and its population more than doubled between 2000 and 2010, from 2,030 to 4,679.

Fishhook is not to be confused with an earlier community of the same name, which is now Chalkyitsik.

In 2020, 81.7 percent of residents were White, 4.0 percent American Indian and Alaska Native, and 10.5 percent two or more races.

The community is served by Wasilla and Palmer postal codes.