
Alaska · FIPS 02020
Anchorage ZIP codes — Anchorage Municipality, Alaska
Quick answer
Anchorage Municipality is home to 289,069 residents with a median household income of $98,152 and a median home value of $375,900. 63.7% of households own their home and 9.3% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Anchorage ZIP code? 17 ZIP code areas fall inside Anchorage Municipality, Alaska, listed in full below.
- Population
- 289,069Anchorage Municipality residents
- Median household income
- $98,152Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $375,900Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,453Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 34.9 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 63.7%Owner-occupied households
Anchorage Municipality, AK in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Anchorage Municipality is a mid-size city in Alaska, with 289,069 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 34.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.
Households in Anchorage Municipality earn a median of $98,152 a year, 25% above the national figure of $78,538. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 9.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Anchorage Municipality is valued at $375,900, 23.9% above the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,453 a month, 3.3% above the national figure, or roughly $17,436 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 63.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
ZIP codes in Anchorage Municipality
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Anchorage Municipality.
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What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in Alaska
Largest Census places in Alaska by population.
- Anchorage municipality 289,069
- Fairbanks city 32,242
- Juneau city and borough 31,969
- Badger CDP 19,033
- Knik-Fairview CDP 18,921
- College CDP 11,730
- North Lakes CDP 10,583
- Tanaina CDP 9,738
- Wasilla city 9,435
- Meadow Lakes CDP 8,994
- Sitka city and borough 8,393
- Ketchikan city 8,151
Nearby counties
Other counties in Alaska.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Anchorage Municipality?
- Anchorage Municipality has 289,069 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Anchorage Municipality?
- Median household income in Anchorage Municipality is $98,152 a year, 25% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Anchorage Municipality?
- Median gross rent is $1,453 a month and the median home value is $375,900, so rent absorbs about 17.8% of median household income.
- Is Anchorage Municipality affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Anchorage Municipality is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Anchorage Municipality data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.