Anchorage Municipality, AK
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 61.17, -149.28.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 89th pct · 322nd of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 83rd pct · 3rd of 13 Alaska counties · median $383,220
- counties in the Anchorage metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Anchorage metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 77th pct · 700th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 50th pct · 7th of 13 Alaska counties · median +5.4%
- counties in the Anchorage metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Anchorage metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 78th pct · 286th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 75th pct · 2nd of 5 Alaska counties · median $1,866
- counties in the Anchorage metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Anchorage metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 93rd pct · 223rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 100th pct · 1st of 30 Alaska counties · median 2,486
- counties in the Anchorage metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Anchorage metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 94th pct · 183rd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 86th pct · 5th of 30 Alaska counties · median $1,272
- counties in the Anchorage metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Anchorage metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
- 70th pct · 917th of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 41st pct · 8th of 13 Alaska counties · median 5.6
- counties in the Anchorage metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Anchorage metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
Typical home $435,264 (Sep 2026), +5.4% over one year, +20.7% over five
- 89th pct · 322nd of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 83rd pct · 3rd of 13 Alaska counties · median $383,220
- counties in the Anchorage metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Anchorage metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Anchorage Municipality, AK | $435,264 · +5.4% 1-yr |
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rents #
Typical rent $1,900/mo (Sep 2026), +4.0% over one year; price-to-rent 19.1
- 78th pct · 286th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 75th pct · 2nd of 5 Alaska counties · median $1,866
- counties in the Anchorage metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Anchorage metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Anchorage Municipality, AK | $1,900/mo · +4.0% 1-yr |
Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), smoothed, all homes and multifamily; price-to-rent = typical home / (typical rent × 12).
What the typical home costs to carry #
Principal and interest of $2,411 a month on $435,264 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $6,842 a month: 35.2% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $435,264 × 80% = $348,211, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $2,411/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,579 × 52 / 12 = $6,842) = 35% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $435,264 / ($1,579 × 52) = 5.3
- price-to-rent = $435,264 / ($1,900 × 12) = 19.1
The wage is one covered job’s average, not a household’s income, so this is the share of a single paycheque and not a mortgage underwriting ratio.
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Jobs & wages #
145,080 jobs at 8,754 employers (2026 Q1); -1.6% jobs and +5.3% average weekly wage over the year
- 93rd pct · 223rd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 100th pct · 1st of 30 Alaska counties · median 2,486
- counties in the Anchorage metro: Rank context is unavailable: the manifest lists 2 counties in the Anchorage metro; fewer than 5 is too few to rank.
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Anchorage Municipality, AK | 145,080 jobs · $1,579/wk · -1.6% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 26,958 | $1,487 | 1.23 | +0.7% |
| Retail trade | 14,517 | $853 | 1.03 | -2.3% |
| Accommodation and food services | 13,837 | $662 | 1.06 | -0.3% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 13,099 | $1,993 | 2.14 | +4.0% |
| Professional and technical services | 8,434 | $1,924 | 0.84 | -2.6% |
| Construction | 7,521 | $2,002 | 0.99 | -6.8% |
| Administrative and waste services | 6,215 | $1,132 | 0.75 | -2.2% |
| Other services | 4,744 | $1,108 | 1.09 | -3.2% |
| Wholesale trade | 4,524 | $1,574 | 0.81 | -2.2% |
| Finance and insurance | 3,651 | $2,369 | 0.62 | -1.9% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 2,536 | $542 | 1.06 | -4.8% |
| Information | 2,423 | $2,094 | 0.91 | -3.3% |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Drought #
No drought class at this point (USDM covers the United States only)
Sites found: 5, searched within 0 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 0 km away are not.
US Drought Monitor current week; the highest class of any polygon containing the point.
Reservoirs #
Surface water layer not loaded
Sites found: 0, searched within 150 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 150 km away are not.
Σ(capacity × percent full) / Σ capacity over TWDB reservoirs within 150 km. Texas only; elsewhere USGS reservoir elevation/storage is listed without a capacity to normalise by.
Stream gauges #
Surface water layer not loaded
Sites found: 0, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
USGS latest readings screened against EPA freshwater criteria (DO ≥ 5 mg/L, pH 6.5–9, conductance, turbidity, temperature); NWS flood categories where a NWPS gauge is co-located.
Groundwater #
No USGS monitoring wells within 75 km (or above 1,500 km)
Sites found: 0, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
USGS latest daily water levels. A single latest reading says where the table is, not which way it is moving; select a well for its 365-day trace.
Water stress #
low (0.00)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$8.7 bn in deposits at 28 offices of 4 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 3,532, highly concentrated. $4.3 bn federal obligations in FY2026 (contracts $2.3 bn, direct payments $1.6 bn), $29,663 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $4.5 bn · 51.4% share · 8 offices | |
| Northrim Bank | $1.8 bn · 20.7% share · 9 offices | |
| First National Bank Alaska | $1.7 bn · 19.9% share · 9 offices | |
| Anchorage, AK | $4.3 bn FY2026 · $29,663/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $1.4 bn · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $4,496,044,000 | 51.4% | 8 |
| Northrim Bank | $1,813,136,000 | 20.7% | 9 |
| First National Bank Alaska | $1,739,876,000 | 19.9% | 9 |
| KeyBank National Association | $695,803,000 | 8.0% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 3,532 across 4 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 4 banks with deposits in the county = 51.4² + 20.7² + 19.9² + … (1 more) = 3,532
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
Federal obligations #
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
| Awarding agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $1,224,507,630 |
| Social Security Administration | $1,048,971,651 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $702,984,133 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $287,073,608 |
| Department of Transportation | $206,893,908 |
| Department of Justice | $124,666,604 |
| Department of Agriculture | $123,567,653 |
| Department of the Interior | $114,232,665 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $110,704,328 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $107,086,781 |
| Department of State | $78,840,883 |
| Department of Education | $59,624,336 |
That is $29,663 per covered job, against 145,080 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $4.3 bn / 145,080 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $29,663
USAspending obligations are recorded where the work is performed, so a prime award performed here is counted here even when the recipient is headquartered elsewhere. Recipients are legal entities, never people.
National context, not this county #
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
| Series | Latest | As of | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage · ft | 17.95 | 2026-10-18 | -2.6% |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) · ft³/s | 5,170.00 | 2026-02-05 | -25.3% |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full · % | 72.20 | 2026-10-19 | +0.0% |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 258,700.00 | 2026-08-01 | -0.4% |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual · TEU | 10,513,167.00 | 2023-01-01 | -13.5% |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports · ships | 7.00 | 2026-10-13 | +133.3% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 7,848.00 | 2026-09-01 | +14.9% |
| US diesel retail price · $ per gallon | unavailable | not published | |
| WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel | 101.91 | 2026-10-14 | +1.0% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.40 | 2026-10-15 | +0.0% |
| Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,275.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.6% |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,403.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.1% |
| Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100 | 337.31 | 2026-07-01 | +0.1% |
| Unemployment rate · % | 4.20 | 2026-09-01 | +2.4% |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions | -105,572.00 | 2026-08-01 | -13.7% |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions | 652,115.00 | 2026-09-01 | +0.7% |
The indicator registry has no county-keyed series and no geographic selection: every entry is national, a named gauge, a single state or a port. They are here as the backdrop the county's own numbers move against, and they are never this county's readings.
What changed #
Anchorage Municipality, AK: 12 findings, 2 at a watch level and 10 noted
watchAnchorage Municipality, AK's covered employment is -1.6% against a year earlier, a watch level here: covered employment below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -1.6 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchAnchorage Municipality, AK's price-to-rent ratio of 19.1 scores 68 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 100 across Alaska counties, a gap of 32 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 32 = |68 across US counties - 100 across Alaska counties|
- typical home value / (typical rent × 12); Zillow ZHVI over ZORI, same month
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteAnchorage Municipality, AK's average weekly wage was 5.3% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +5.3 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteAnchorage Municipality, AK's covered employment was 1.6% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- -1.6 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteAnchorage Municipality, AK's typical home value rose 0.5% from $433,194 in August 2026 to $435,264 in September 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- +0.5% = (435264.1257356379 - 433193.61849431955) / 433193.61849431955 × 100
- 435264.1257356379 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-09
- 433193.61849431955 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
Read all 12 findings in the full brief
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