Two RiversAK
A town of 451.
Is Two Rivers a good place to live?
Two Rivers’ January low is -13°F, against 7°F in Alaska’s towns and 22°F across U.S. towns. Of the 42 Alaska towns we compare, none has a higher home-ownership rate than Two Rivers. 56% of the land in Two Rivers is conserved, above both Alaska’s towns (15%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Tanana Valley State Forest, at 3,741 acres with 5.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Two Rivers has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
451 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Two Rivers: who provides what
Two Rivers is unincorporated, so Fairbanks North Star Borough and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Two Rivers.
Conserved land covers nearly a third of Two Rivers
Trails total 10 miles in 1 park or preserve. For Two Rivers, the density of trails is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tanana Valley State Forest | 5.9 mi | 3,741 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The schools Two Rivers’s kids attend
Public schools: the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. Its one school is below. 67 students attend Two Rivers’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two Rivers SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 67 | C |
NCES · EDFacts
Top of a very high hazard risk in Two Rivers: wildfire
Federal disaster aid has reached households in Two Rivers once, in 2002. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 86% of U.S. communities. Just over a third of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from wildfires, followed by landslides at 32%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Expect snowy winters and pleasant summers in Two Rivers
Of the 42 Alaska towns we compare, none has a higher midsummer high than Two Rivers. July afternoons reach 75°, January nights drop to -13° and about 61 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A smaller share of adults report frequent mental distress in Two Rivers than in most of Alaska or the rest of the country
Nearly a tenth of Two Rivers adults have diabetes. No town among the 42 in Alaska we compare has a lower share of adults who feel lonely than Two Rivers. This Alaska town does better than the Alaska average on 14 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 1. Also worth knowing: only 3 of the 42 Alaska towns we compare have a lower share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Two Rivers.
| Two Rivers | Alaska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 68% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 16% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 18% | 19% |
| What stands out | Two Rivers | AK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7% | 14.3% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.7% | 8.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.4% | 7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Two Rivers
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Two Rivers; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Two Rivers residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Alaska.
About Two Rivers
CDP in Alaska, United States
Two Rivers is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, United States. It lies between mile 13 (the Little Chena River) and mile 25 (the Chena River) on the Chena Hot Springs Road, northeast of Fairbanks. As of the 2020 census, Two Rivers had a population of 650.
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- Area
- 28 sq mi
- ZIP code
- 99716
Questions about Two Rivers
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Two Rivers, AK a good place to live?
Two Rivers has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.