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Anchorage, AK

289,600 Population
1,707 square miles 169.7 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 the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 36.1 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Alaska: 36.3 ±0.3

Economics

$54,066 ±$3,267 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: $50,560 ±$2,388
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $47,267 ±$1,531
$105,356 ±$5,596 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: $102,698 ±$4,241
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $95,665 ±$3,278

8.3% ±1.8% (23,575  ±5,118) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 8.5% † 33,957 (±1.4% / ±5,508)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 73,398 (±0.9% / ±6,760)

18.1 minutes ±0.7 (2,538,400  ±128,198) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 22.7 4,238,385 (±0.8 / ±202,173)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 19.8 6,567,965 (±0.8 / ±288,517)

Families

109,479 ±2,451 Number of households
  • the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 148,919 ±2,564
  • Alaska: 274,045 ±3,774
2.6 ±0.1 (281,731  ±689) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 2.7 396,382 (±0.1 / ±658)
  • about the same as the figure in Alaska: 2.6 708,617

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 the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 7% † 6,843 (±1.8% / ±1,756)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 6.9% † 11,608 (±1.1% / ±1,835)

Housing

121,214 ±261 Number of housing units
  • the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 172,566 ±248
  • Alaska: 329,757 ±639

$429,600 ±$16,429 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: $410,900 ±$13,685
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $376,500 ±$7,020

16.9% ±2.4% (48,309  ±6,916.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 14.9% † 59,707 (±1.9% / ±7,625.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,874 (±1.2% / ±8,941)

Social

94.3% ±3.7% (183,496  ±7,332.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 94% 256,288 (±3% / ±8,231.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.4% 465,092 (±2% / ±10,327.6)
39.9% ±2.3% (77,718  ±4,578.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 36.3% 98,899 (±1.8% / ±5,011.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 32.8% 163,093 (±1.2% / ±6,041.6)

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

11.1% (32,241  ±4,271) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 8.7% 35,309
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,836

9.9% ±1.2% (20,739  ±2,525) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Anchorage, AK Metro Area: 10.7% 31,763 (±1% / ±2,854)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 9.9% 53,386 (±0.6% / ±3,041)
20,739 Total veterans ±2,525 17,407 Male ±2,159 3,332 Female ±1,206

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