City safety & data profile
AnchorageAK
Anchorage, AK is a 290K-resident city in Anchorage Municipality with a median household income of $103,284.
Anchorage Municipality, Alaska. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Anchorage, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Anchorage has a population larger than 98% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $395,900, and 5 hospitals serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-08-21
- 290K
- Population (place)
- Top 2%
- By size
- $103,284
- Median income (place)
- $395,900
- Median home (place)
- 8.9%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Anchorage
Anchorage posts a median household income higher than 72% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 recent safety alert is on record and 5 hospitals serve the Anchorage area.
- Top 28%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- safety alert on record
- 5
- hospitals in & near Anchorage
Where Anchorage income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$103,284 Top 28% higher than 72% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
The quick read
Reading Anchorage, AK beyond the headline numbers
Anchorage sits inside Anchorage Municipality, Alaska, at roughly 61.22°N, -149.90°W. Population 289,600, $103,284 median household income. Median home value $395,900, median rent $1,489. Poverty rate 8.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
5 hospitals in/around Anchorage, 2/5 avg rating, 3 with an ER.
At 8.9%, poverty in Anchorage, AK runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
The median home in Anchorage costs roughly 3.8 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.
Remote work covers 10.9% of Anchorage workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 18% in Anchorage, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Anchorage's median age is 35.2 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Anchorage from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Anchorage Municipality): Anchorage's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 8.9% -28% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4.3% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 38.7% |
| Work From Home | 10.9% |
| Public Transit | 1.4% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 5 total
Alerts & News - Anchorage Area 1
Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Safety Context
Anchorage, AK is located in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska. With a population of 290K and a $103,284 median household income, the community faces health challenges including short sleep duration and obesity. Residents have access to 5 hospitals with an average rating of 2/5 stars. Safety alerts for the Anchorage area are monitored from federal and state agencies including FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC.
Safety Guides
Primary source data
EPA Outdoor Air Quality Data
Federal monitoring network, every measurement we report
AirNow - Alaska
Real-time AQI for every monitored Alaska location
National Weather Service
NOAA active watches, warnings, advisories
CDC Air Quality & Health
Health-impact reference for every AQI category
EPA NAAQS standards
National Ambient Air Quality Standards, the regulatory thresholds
Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Anchorage, both outside Alaska so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside AK (8.9% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside AK ($103,284 here).
Nearby Cities 8
Using Anchorage's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Anchorage area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Anchorage against Alaska peers on any ranking lens. Explore Alaska
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Anchorage Municipality) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.