County profile
Anchorage Municipality, AK
United States · GDP 2024
#182 of 3,127 US counties by GDP60th-percentile growthmore diversified than 97% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$32.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
141,432
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
8,799
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$71.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
287,155
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$103.3k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
38.7%
Poverty rate
8.9%±0.8%
Business applications
5,174 · 2025
Retail establishments
813
28.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1First National Bank AlaskaFinancial Services$265.7M58C2Northrim BanCorp, Inc.Financial Services$255.6M61C3Polar Petroleum Corp.Energy$0——4U.S. GoldMining Inc.Basic Materials———HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care27%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation16%
Professional services15%
Admin & support13%
Transportation13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
287,155
residents · 2025 · -1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $84.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−15,941
International migration+5,648
Natural change+6,587
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$24.3B2019
$24.1B2020
$25.9B2021
$28.4B2022
$30.5B2023
$32.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$395.9k±$8.2k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
9.8%±0.7%
Affordability
5.6× wages
Residential permits
$104.8M
218 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
97.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 99Landslide 99Winter weather 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4772016
4772017
4792018
4902019
4982020
5252021
5762022
6072023
6422024
6672025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -81% since 20211,1332021
1552022
2992023
3412024
2182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.3 km
I-1
Nearest freight rail
23.0 km
ARR
Nearest port
4.3 km
Port of Alaska, AK
Nearest commercial airport
40.1 km
MERRILL FLD
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):4,044,294 short tons/yr · Port of Alaska, AK
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR7 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$71.2k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Anchorage Municipality?
Anchorage Municipality's economy produced $32.1B in 2024, growing 5.2% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.