Juneau City and Borough, Alaska (AK)
County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 2,076
County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 7,363
Renter-occupied apartments: 4,597 (it was 4,180 in 2000)
% of renters here: | 36% |
State: | 37% |
Land area: 2717 sq. mi.
Water area: 538.3 sq. mi.
Population density: 12 people per square mile (low).
Industries providing employment: Educational, health and social services (24.0%), Public administration (22.2%).
Type of workers:
- Private wage or salary: 52%
- Government: 40%
- Self-employed, not incorporated: 7%
- Unpaid family work: 0%
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- 19,49860.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
- 4,74014.6%Two or more races
- 2,7018.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
- 2,3677.3%Hispanic or Latino
- 2,1016.5%Asian alone
- 5801.8%Native Hawaiian and Other
Pacific Islander alone - 3060.9%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
- 1230.4%Some other race alone
Median resident age: | 39.7 years |
Alaska median age: | 35.9 years |
Males: 16,418 | (51.2%) |
Females: 15,635 | (48.8%) |
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Juneau City and Borough: | 2.0 people |
Alaska: | 3 people |
Estimated median household income in 2022: $97,651 ($62,034 in 1999)
This county: | $97,651 |
Alaska: | $88,121 |
Median contract rent in 2022 for apartments: $1,294 (lower quartile is $989, upper quartile is $1,707)
This county: | $1294 |
State: | $1180 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $428,647 (it was $179,200 in 2000)
Juneau City and Borough: | $428,647 |
Alaska: | $336,900 |
Mean price in 2022:
Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $2,149Detached houses: $508,578
Here: $508,578 State: $371,009 Townhouses or other attached units: $369,285
Here: $369,285 State: $298,041 In 2-unit structures: $447,083
Here: $447,083 State: $345,335 In 3-to-4-unit structures: $241,251
Here: $241,251 State: $302,340 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $239,954
Here: $239,954 State: $187,490 Mobile homes: $80,163
Here: $80,163 State: $72,602
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $723
Institutionalized population: 408
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $4,040 (0.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $3,244 (0.7%)
Juneau City and Borough: | 7.2% |
Alaska: | 11.0% |
Median age of residents in 2022: 39.7 years old
(Males: 39.3 years old, Females: 40.3 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 44.2 years old, Black residents: 29.7 years old, American Indian residents: 37.2 years old, Asian residents: 44.7 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 31.8 years old, Other race residents: 33.2 years old)
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Juneau City and Borough is $842 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1059 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1431 a month.
Cities in this county include: Juneau.
2023 air pollution in Juneau City and Borough:
Particulate Matter (PM10) Annual: 9.6 µg/m3. Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual: 5.2 µg/m3(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3). Below U.S. average.
Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Rivers and creeks: Smelt Creek (A), Packers Creek (B), Naknek River (C), Chimenchun Creek (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Neighboring counties: Valdez-Cordova Census Area .
Current college students: 1,890
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 95.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 40.7%
Number of foreign born residents: 2,581 (71.2% naturalized citizens)
Juneau City and Borough: | 8.1% |
Whole state: | 7.5% |
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 7942010 or later
- 6472000 to 2009
- 3091990 to 1999
- 3691980 to 1989
- 1961970 to 1979
- 454Before 1970
Mean travel time to work (commute): minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.9%
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,389
- One, attached: 1,994
- Two: 832
- 3 or 4: 743
- 5 to 9: 1,249
- 10 to 19: 879
- 20 to 49: 785
- 50 or more: 312
- Mobile homes: 992
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 24
Housing units in Juneau City and Borough with a mortgage: 5,466 (272 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 203 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 162
Here: | 3.0% with mortgage |
State: | 98.3% with mortgage |
Religion statistics for Juneau City and Borough
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
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Evangelical Protestant | 2,867 | 22 |
Other | 2,119 | 12 |
Mainline Protestant | 1,933 | 10 |
Catholic | 1,900 | 2 |
Orthodox | 150 | 1 |
None | 22,306 | - |
Source: Clifford Grammich, Kirk Hadaway, Richard Houseal, Dale E.Jones, Alexei Krindatch, Richie Stanley and Richard H.Taylor. 2012. 2010 U.S.Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study. Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Food Environment Statistics:
Juneau City and Borough: | 2.62 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 3.30 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 0.66 / 10,000 pop. |
Alaska: | 0.33 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.33 / 10,000 pop. |
Alaska: | 0.52 / 10,000 pop. |
Juneau City and Borough: | 0.98 / 10,000 pop. |
Alaska: | 2.30 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 10.15 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 7.82 / 10,000 pop. |
Juneau City and Borough: | 5.7% |
Alaska: | 6.3% |
Juneau City and Borough: | 26.7% |
State: | 27.8% |
Agriculture in Juneau City and Borough:
Average size of farms: 15 acresAverage value of agricultural products sold per farm: $296,270
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 5.21%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 94.64%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $298,504
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $210,596
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 35.14%
Average age of principal farm operators: 49 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 2.97
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 43.75%
Earthquake activity:
Juneau City and Borough-area historical earthquake activity is above Alaska state average. It is 970% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 7/10/1958 at 06:15:53, a magnitude 8.3 (8.3 UK, Class: Great, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 64.7 miles away from Juneau City and Borough center
On 7/30/1972 at 21:45:14, a magnitude 7.6 (7.6 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 128.8 miles away from the county center
On 3/28/1964 at 03:36:12, a magnitude 9.2 (9.2 UK) earthquake occurred 492.6 miles away from the county center, causing $1,020,000,000 total damage
On 10/24/1927 at 15:59:44, a magnitude 7.1 (7.1 UK) earthquake occurred 93.0 miles away from the county center
On 11/30/1987 at 19:23:19, a magnitude 7.9 (6.7 MB, 7.6 MS, 7.9 MW, 7.1 ML) earthquake occurred 293.3 miles away from Juneau City and Borough center
On 1/5/2013 at 08:58:14, a magnitude 7.5 (7.5 MW, Depth: 5.4 mi) earthquake occurred 216.4 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 10,940 (63.9%)
- Carpooled: 2,033 (11.9%)
- Bus: 492 (2.9%)
- Ferryboat: 68 (0.4%)
- Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means: 642 (3.8%)
- Bicycle: 43 (0.3%)
- Walked: 954 (5.6%)
- Worked at home: 2,055 (12.0%)
- Public administration (22%)
- Health care and social assistance (17%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Retail trade (6%)
- Other services, except public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Transportation and warehousing (3%)
- Public administration (25%)
- Health care and social assistance (20%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Retail trade (7%)
- Other services, except public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Transportation and warehousing (4%)
- Management occupations (11%)
- Construction and extraction occupations (9%)
- Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations (8%)
- Transportation occupations (8%)
- Sales and related occupations (7%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (6%)
- Firefighting and prevention, and other protective service workers including supervisors (6%)
- Office and administrative support occupations (19%)
- Management occupations (12%)
- Educational instruction, and library occupations (11%)
- Business and financial operations occupations (10%)
- Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations (7%)
- Food preparation and serving related occupations (6%)
- Sales and related occupations (5%)
- Philippines (44%)
- Mexico (14%)
- Oceania, n.e.c. (8%)
- Canada (4%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
- Colombia (2%)
- Korea (2%)
- American (7%)
- Irish (7%)
- German (6%)
- English (5%)
- Swedish (4%)
- European (3%)
- Northern European (3%)
People in group quarters in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska in 2010:
- 211 people in college/university student housing
- 209 people in state prisons
- 116 people in emergency and transitional shelters (with sleeping facilities) for people experiencing homelessness
- 99 people in correctional residential facilities
- 57 people in nursing facilities/skilled-nursing facilities
- 55 people in group homes intended for adults
- 54 people in other noninstitutional facilities
- 42 people in workers' group living quarters and job corps centers
- 24 people in residential treatment centers for juveniles (non-correctional)
- 16 people in correctional facilities intended for juveniles
- 3 people in group homes for juveniles (non-correctional)
People in group quarters in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska in 2000:
- 178 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 142 people in federal prisons and detention centers
- 136 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 77 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 39 people in nursing homes
- 32 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 31 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 16 people in halfway houses
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in other workers' dormitories
- 5 people in crews of maritime vessels
- 3 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
- 3 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 2 people in military ships
6.05% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($60,509 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 6.05% |
Alaska average: | 7.48% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
1.91% relocated from other counties in Alaska ($19,557 average AGI)
4.14% relocated from other states ($40,951 average AGI)
Juneau City and Borough: 4.14% Alaska average: 4.93%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2020 and 2021:
from Anchorage Municipality, AK | 0.59% ($55,600 average AGI) |
from Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK | 0.24% ($92,061) |
from King County, WA | 0.21% ($76,345) |
from Sitka City and Borough, AK | 0.20% ($50,630) |
from Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 0.15% ($71,000) |
7.34% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($66,591 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 7.34% |
Alaska average: | 8.00% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
1.95% relocated to other counties in Alaska ($15,143 average AGI)
5.40% relocated to other states ($51,448 average AGI)
Juneau City and Borough: 5.40% Alaska average: 5.50%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2020 and 2021:
to Anchorage Municipality, AK | 0.67% ($63,043 average AGI) |
to Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK | 0.30% ($56,310) |
to King County, WA | 0.28% ($71,923) |
to Sitka City and Borough, AK | 0.17% ($55,625) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 3.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 4.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 5.7
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.1
Persons under 19 years old without health insurance coverage in 2018: 7.0%
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2007: 2,852 (2,346 aged, 506 disabled)
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2007: 559 (8%)
Most common underlying causes of death in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska in 1999 - 2019:
- Bronchus or lung, unspecified - Malignant neoplasms (93)
- Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, so described (32)
- Atherosclerotic heart disease (11)
- Acute myocardial infarction, unspecified (10)
- Unspecified dementia (10)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 139.3. This is less than state average.
- Firearm - 97.5
- Other - 41.8
Household type by relationship:
Households: 32,053- Male householders: 6,523 (2,435 living alone), Female householders: 6,977 (2,102 living alone)
5,999 spouses (5,932 opposite-sex spouses), 1,143 unmarried partners, (1,012 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 8,103 children (7,695 natural, 226 adopted, 152 stepchildren), 296 grandchildren, 166 brothers or sisters, 470 parents, 153 foster children, 437 other relatives, 1,244 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 610
Size of family households: 3,626 2-persons, 1,625 3-persons, 1,405 4-persons, 516 5-persons, 320 6-persons, 181 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 4,579 1-person, 1,228 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 49 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 14 6-persons.
4,583 married couples with children.
1,293 single-parent households (508 men, 785 women).
89.1% of residents of Juneau City and Borough speak English at home.
3.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 1% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (98% speak English very well, 2% speak English well).
5.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $938,535,000 ($30,161 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $9,726,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $67,289,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $18,962,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,467,000
Federal grants: $755,711,000
Federal procurement contracts: $22,320,000 ($209,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $70,786,000 ($1,588,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $205,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $27,039,000
Federal Government insurance: $75,997,000
Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,111Here: | 68 per 1000 residents |
State: | 80 per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 696
Here: | 22 per 1000 residents |
State: | 25 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +265
Here: | +9 per 1000 residents |
State: | +9 per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -1,360
Here: | -44 per 1000 residents |
State: | -7 per 1000 residents |
Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.98 millions of gallons per day (67% from ground, 33% from surface)
Here: | 5.6 |
State: | 5.6 |
Here: | 3.8 |
State: | 3.9 |
- Year house built in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska
- 312020 or later
- 1,2342010 to 2019
- 1,5582000 to 2009
- 1,5071990 to 1999
- 3,0121980 to 1989
- 3,6671970 to 1979
- 1,2231960 to 1969
- 4881950 to 1959
- 2551940 to 1949
- 1,2181939 or earlier
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska
- 721 room
- 1832 rooms
- 4613 rooms
- 1,5944 rooms
- 1,7725 rooms
- 1,9796 rooms
- 1,0847 rooms
- 7818 rooms
- 7609+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska
- 4261 room
- 6362 rooms
- 1,0293 rooms
- 1,1724 rooms
- 8465 rooms
- 2686 rooms
- 2397 rooms
- 868 rooms
- 1149+ rooms
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska
- 78no bedroom
- 3971 bedroom
- 2,2812 bedrooms
- 4,0633 bedrooms
- 1,4954 bedrooms
- 2755+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska
- 502no bedroom
- 1,2671 bedroom
- 1,8722 bedrooms
- 8423 bedrooms
- 2284 bedrooms
- 1695+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Juneau City and Borough in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 368no vehicle
- 2,2631 vehicle
- 3,8852 vehicles
- 1,5293 vehicles
- 3254 vehicles
- 2635+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Juneau City and Borough in renter-occupied apartments
- 889no vehicle
- 2,2161 vehicle
- 1,2562 vehicles
- 1653 vehicles
- 2744 vehicles
- 655+ vehicles
86.5% of Juneau City and Borough residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Alaska.
Juneau City and Borough: | 86.5% |
State average: | 84.8% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 12,324
- Other state: 16,701
- Northeast: 1,598
- Midwest: 3,383
- South: 2,894
- West: 8,918
- 59.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 26.4%Electricity
- 4.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 4.5%Utility gas
- 3.0%Wood
- 2.2%Other fuel
- 0.1%No fuel used
- 41.8%Electricity
- 39.6%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 7.4%Utility gas
- 4.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 3.8%Other fuel
- 2.1%No fuel used
- 0.9%Wood
- 0.1%Solar energy
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Here: | 16.8% |
Alaska: | 15.7% |
Here: | 10.1% |
Alaska: | 13.7% |
Here: | 7.1% |
Alaska: | 14.7% |
Businesses in Juneau City and Borough, AK | ||||
Name | Count | Name | Count | |
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AT&T | 1 | McDonald's | 2 | |
Ace Hardware | 1 | Payless | 1 | |
Best Western | 2 | Sears | 1 | |
Blockbuster | 2 | Starbucks | 1 | |
Budget Car Rental | 3 | Subaru | 1 | |
Costco | 1 | Super 8 | 1 | |
Curves | 1 | The Room Place | 1 | |
Extended Stay Deluxe | 1 | Toyota | 1 | |
FedEx | 4 | Travelodge | 1 | |
GNC | 1 | True Value | 1 | |
H&R Block | 1 | U-Haul | 1 | |
Home Depot | 1 | UPS | 2 | |
Honda | 1 | Vans | 1 | |
Jones New York | 1 | Vons | 1 | |
Kroger | 2 | Walmart | 1 | |
MasterBrand Cabinets | 3 |
Juneau City and Borough on our top lists:
- #5 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM10) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m3)"
- #77 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m3)"