Juneau City and Borough, Alaska

Juneau City and Borough has a population of 31,794 and has shrunk 2.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $449,300, about 4.4 times the county's median household income of $101,661.

Home price
$449,300
Income
$101,661
Population
31,794
Unemployment
4.0%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$449,300county
Median gross rent$1,444county
Median year homes here were built1982county
Share of homes built before 198046.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile6.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant7.6%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented36.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.8%county
Typical monthly rent$2,343county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,758county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,340county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,368county
Home insurance / yr$1,397(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living124.9(statewide)
Median household income$101,661county
Family health premium / yr$25,493(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$20,943(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.783(statewide)
Poverty rate8.9%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home13.0%county
Unemployment rate4.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force67.2%county
Share of workers who are self-employed8.1%county
Share of workers employed by government35.7%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.8%county
Economic output per resident$101,490county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.95%county
Top state income tax0.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax0.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax1.82%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time15.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service1.7 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport436457county
Miles to nearest general aviation field89 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station780 micounty
Households without a vehicle9.5%county
Traffic deaths0.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0006.9(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher41.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher95.2%county
Public schools in the county13county
Public school enrollment4085county
Students per full-time teacher17.9county
Free lunch eligible21.4%county
Elementary schools8county
Middle schools1county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution4.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians128county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter4.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance8.3%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year11.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.5%county
Frequent mental distress14.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity21.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes8.7%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population31,794county
Land area in square miles2,703county
People per square mile of land11.8county
Supermarkets and grocery stores5county
Convenience stores5county
Share living far from a food store13.1%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-2.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age40.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1820.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.0%county
Share of households that are one person32.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States7.7%county
Second languages10.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls32.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents149county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-5county
Households that moved in877county
Households that moved away992county
Average income of arriving households$72,802county
Average income of departing households$77,498county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes8county
Housing units authorised in the latest year117county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings70.9%county
Violent crime rate724(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature40.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation126.6 incounty
Annual snowfall114.8 incounty
Days reaching 90°F0 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing125 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days165 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 30county
Average first fall frostOct 12county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$119county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh12.9¢county
Household electricity use923 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$13.49(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity35.1%county
Homes heated by utility gas5.8%county
Homes heated by propane4.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil47.7%county
Homes heated by wood3.0%county
Households with broadband94.3%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk12.2county
Coastal flood risk38.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk95.8county
Hail risk0.0county
Earthquake risk80.5county
Tornado risk0.6county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk0.0county
Winter weather risk90.1county
Strong wind risk0.0county
Wildfire risk19.5county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Juneau City and Borough directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Alaska figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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