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Anchorage Municipality, AK

289,600 Population
1,707.1 square miles 169.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Alaska: 36.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,066 ±$3,267 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $47,267 ±$1,531
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$105,356 ±$5,596 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $95,665 ±$3,278
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.3% ±1.8% (23,575  ±5,118) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 73,398 (±0.9% / ±6,760)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.1 minutes ±0.7 (2,538,400  ±128,198) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 19.8 6,567,965 (±0.8 / ±288,517)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

109,479 ±2,451 Number of households
  • Alaska: 274,045 ±3,774
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (281,731  ±689) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Alaska: 2.6 708,617
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.1% ±2.3% (5,711  ±1,650) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 6.9% † 11,608 (±1.1% / ±1,835)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

121,214 ±261 Number of housing units
  • Alaska: 329,757 ±639
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$429,600 ±$16,429 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $376,500 ±$7,020
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

16.9% ±2.4% (48,309  ±6,916.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,874 (±1.2% / ±8,941)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.3% ±3.7% (183,496  ±7,332.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.4% 465,092 (±2% / ±10,327.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
39.9% ±2.3% (77,718  ±4,578.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 32.8% 163,093 (±1.2% / ±6,041.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11.1% (32,241  ±4,271) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,836
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

9.9% ±1.2% (20,739  ±2,525) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 9.9% 53,386 (±0.6% / ±3,041)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
20,739 Total veterans ±2,525 17,407 Male ±2,159 3,332 Female ±1,206

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