Anchorage Municipality, Alaska (AK)

Races in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $383,816

Here:	$383,816
State:	$309,264

Townhouses or other attached units: $250,648

Here:	$250,648
State:	$256,306

In 2-unit structures: $334,191

Here:	$334,191
State:	$318,984

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $275,718

Here:	$275,718
State:	$261,784

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $152,995

Here:	$152,995
State:	$155,054

Mobile homes: $49,348

Here:	$49,348
State:	$109,161

Health of residents in Anchorage Municipality based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $4,361 (1.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $3,628 (1.2%)

Area name: Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Anchorage Municipality is $734 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $921 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1326 a month.

Cities in this county include: Anchorage.

2012 air pollution in Anchorage Municipality:

Carbon Monoxide: 0.781 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Significanly above U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.017 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Significantly below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 17.0 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 6.0 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Below U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Bristol Bay Borough , Nome Census Area , Valdez-Cordova Census Area , Valdez-Cordova Census Area .

Current college students: 15,169
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 93.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 36.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 30,569 (68.9% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Anchorage Municipality population

• 6,7432010 or later
• 8,1202000 to 2009
• 6,7771990 to 1999
• 6,3571980 to 1989
• 3,5741970 to 1979
• 3,174Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 96.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 57,480
• One, attached: 13,248
• Two: 8,181
• 3 or 4: 13,002
• 5 to 9: 8,030
• 10 to 19: 3,360
• 20 to 49: 4,962
• 50 or more: 3,105
• Mobile homes: 4,098
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 73

Housing units in Anchorage Municipality with a mortgage: 44,816 (1,517 second mortgage, 2,918 home equity loan, 181 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 19,504

Religion statistics for Anchorage Municipality

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Anchorage Municipality:

Earthquake activity:

8.51% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($42,850 average adjusted gross income)

0.28% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,436 average AGI)

Anchorage Municipality:	0.28%
Alaska average:	0.19%

1.98% relocated from other counties in Alaska ($10,518 average AGI)
6.26% relocated from other states ($30,896 average AGI)

Anchorage Municipality:	6.26%
Alaska average:	6.04%

from Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK	0.64% ($45,900 average AGI)
from Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	0.31% ($52,526)
from Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK	0.27% ($41,595)
from King County, WA	0.15% ($44,396)
from Honolulu County, HI	0.11% ($31,935)
from Maricopa County, AZ	0.10% ($38,513)
from Bethel Census Area, AK	0.10% ($42,486)

8.66% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($50,115 average adjusted gross income)

0.25% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,646 average AGI)

Anchorage Municipality:	0.25%
Alaska average:	0.19%

2.09% relocated to other counties in Alaska ($12,081 average AGI)
6.32% relocated to other states ($36,389 average AGI)

Anchorage Municipality:	6.32%
Alaska average:	5.99%

to Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK	1.00% ($54,662 average AGI)
to Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK	0.29% ($57,934)
to King County, WA	0.20% ($36,808)
to Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	0.20% ($44,009)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.14% ($45,969)
to Clark County, NV	0.14% ($43,025)
to Pierce County, WA	0.11% ($35,769)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 18.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 15.9
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 16.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 3.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 4.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 5.0

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2007 to 2013: 3.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Anchorage Municipality

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 239,170 (37,114 male householders, 32,885 female householders)

  51,057 spouses, 91,039 children (82,601 natural, 4,047 adopted, 4,391 stepchildren), 4,869 grandchildren, 3,011 brothers or sisters, 2,508 parents, 6,787 other relatives, 9,900 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 51,364 (18,561 male householders (12,361 living alone)), 16,689 female householders (12,886 living alone)), 16,114 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 7,658

Size of family households: 27,087 2-persons, 18,545 3-persons, 15,067 4-persons, 5,641 5-persons, 1,931 6-persons, 1,728 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 25,247 1-person, 7,131 2-persons, 2,097 3-persons, 630 4-persons, 87 5-persons, 58 6-persons.

47,036 married couples with children.
19,161 single-parent households (6,034 men, 13,127 women).

82.1% of residents of Anchorage Municipality speak English at home.
5.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
8.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other language at home (80% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $3,002,534,000 ($11,011 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $1,237,159,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $507,916,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $121,467,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $17,810,000
Federal grants: $720,693,000
Federal procurement contracts: $661,689,000 ($465,756,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $972,960,000 ($618,317,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $433,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $740,546,000
Federal Government insurance: $49,915,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-15 per 1000 residents
State:	-7 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 36.57 millions of gallons per day (25% from ground, 75% from surface)

Note: State values scaled to Anchorage Municipality population

• 9642014 or later
• 2,2972010 to 2013
• 14,7852000 to 2009
• 14,9511990 to 1999
• 31,0221980 to 1989
• 31,9561970 to 1979
• 12,4961960 to 1969
• 6,0121950 to 1959
• 8181940 to 1949
• 2381939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Anchorage Municipality population

• 3011 room
• 2252 rooms
• 2,4733 rooms
• 6,4014 rooms
• 11,7715 rooms
• 13,1186 rooms
• 11,0477 rooms
• 8,5868 rooms
• 10,3989+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Anchorage Municipality population

• 1,8381 room
• 1,6702 rooms
• 7,0243 rooms
• 14,6674 rooms
• 7,1285 rooms
• 4,5766 rooms
• 2,0417 rooms
• 9268 rooms
• 1,0599+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Anchorage Municipality population

• 369no bedroom
• 1,4061 bedroom
• 10,1712 bedrooms
• 28,5693 bedrooms
• 20,1154 bedrooms
• 3,6905+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Anchorage Municipality population

• 2,098no bedroom
• 6,1911 bedroom
• 18,5682 bedrooms
• 10,2253 bedrooms
• 3,2594 bedrooms
• 5885+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Anchorage Municipality population

• 1,626no vehicle
• 12,9861 vehicle
• 28,0532 vehicles
• 13,6523 vehicles
• 5,6784 vehicles
• 2,3255+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Anchorage Municipality population

• 4,770no vehicle
• 17,3341 vehicle
• 14,6132 vehicles
• 3,6163 vehicles
• 4044 vehicles
• 1925+ vehicles

79.7% of Anchorage Municipality residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in Alaska.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 110,554
• Other state: 146,509
• Northeast: 17,521
• Midwest: 34,504
• South: 35,938
• West: 58,546

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Anchorage Municipality on our top lists:

• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest carbon monoxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #14 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #15 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #16 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of infant deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #18 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
• #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest average weight of females"
• #35 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #39 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #56 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #57 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #57 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #59 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #63 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #72 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the best general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #83 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations"
• #83 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #84 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
• #88 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #95 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"