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Alaska·Anchorage County
61 tracts·289K people·$396K median·169/mi²
White 54 · Other 11 · Multiracial 11 · Asian 10 · Hispanic 10 · Black 5
Married couple 47 · Living alone 29 · Other 25
Management · business · science · arts 44 · Sales · office 20 · Service 17 · Production · transport 11 · Construction · maintenance 8
Drive alone 70 · Carpool 24 · Work from home 11 · Walk 3 · Transit 1 · Bike 1
Rep-tract reading · same station-interpolated source as address reports
Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Anchorage is $395,900 (Census ACS) — 0.9× the US median of $458,812.
Anchorage has 288,976 residents across 61 census tracts and 42 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 35.2; the population is 54.2% White, 11.0% Other, 10.7% Multiracial, 9.8% Asian, 9.5% Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% Black; the average household has 2.6 people; 38.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 8.9% (Census ACS).
Eagle Academy Charter School (80%), Bear Valley Elementary (68%) and Aquarian Charter School (67%) lead the elementary schools; Goldenview Middle School (53%), Gruening Middle School (44%) and Mirror Lake Middle School (44%) lead the middle schools; Steller Secondary School (53%), Eagle River High School (41%) and South Anchorage High School (39%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,489/month, 6% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Anchorage is $103,284 a year, 20% above the US median (Census ACS).
In Anchorage, median rent is $1,489/month and the median home value is $395,900 (Census ACS).
Anchorage reported 10.6 violent crimes and 28.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 65°F; winter lows average 13°F; annual precipitation is 19 inches; snowfall averages 215 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Anchorage are landslide (100), winter weather (97) and earthquake (97), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 1.29g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
Anchorage scores 10.6 out of 20 on the EPA National Walkability Index, vs a US average of 12.3; 2.6% of workers walk to work (EPA Smart Location Database; Census ACS).