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Anchorage, AK

286,075 Population
1,707 square miles 167.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 36.3 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Alaska: 36.5 ±0.3

Economics

$51,873 ±$2,839 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: $48,746 ±$2,251
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $45,792 ±$1,345
$94,437 ±$6,929 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: $94,150 ±$4,935
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $86,631 ±$2,575

8.4% ±1.7% (23,433  ±4,672) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 8.8% † 34,738 (±1.3% / ±5,188)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 10.4% 74,353 (±0.8% / ±5,930)

18.9 minutes ±1 (2,581,665  ±165,902) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 22.6 4,112,105 (±0.9 / ±197,105)
  • a little less than the figure in Alaska: 19.8 6,482,245 (±0.8 / ±302,128)

Families

109,125 ±3,266 Number of households
  • the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 148,995 ±3,367
  • Alaska: 276,852 ±3,294
2.6 ±0.1 (278,506  ±5,915) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 2.6 390,864 (±0.1 / ±5,914)
  • about the same as the figure in Alaska: 2.5 † 703,591 (±2,006.7 / ±-555,555,600)

5.2% ±1.8% (3,619  ±1,254) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 5% † 4,783 (±1.4% / ±1,328)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 5.2% † 8,757 (±1% / ±1,713)

Housing

120,956 ±2,321 Number of housing units
  • the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 172,174 ±2,319
  • Alaska: 329,681 ±282

$385,900 ±$11,025 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: $371,600 ±$8,255
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $347,500 ±$5,906

18.7% ±2.5% (52,698  ±6,933) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 15.8% † 62,781 (±1.8% / ±7,150.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alaska: 14.3% 103,740 (±1.1% / ±8,045.6)

Social

93.7% ±3.8% (181,010  ±7,568.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 93.6% 252,631 (±2.9% / ±8,163.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.2% 460,431 (±2.1% / ±10,654.6)
40% ±2.6% (77,243  ±5,123.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 36.2% 97,590 (±2% / ±5,427.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 32.2% 159,207 (±1.4% / ±6,906.9)

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

10.7% ±20,729.8% (30,537  ±3,212) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 8.3% † 33,442 (±11,535.9% / ±3,343)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alaska: 7.4% † 54,571 (±5,636.4% / ±3,858)

11.2% ±1.2% (23,493  ±2,619) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 11.6% 34,199 (±0.9% / ±2,641)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 10.5% 56,038 (±0.7% / ±3,839)
23,493 Total veterans ±2,619 19,278 Male ±2,297 4,215 Female ±1,152

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