Ranked from official statistics; every city opens its own guide.
Ranking CITY (30 largest of Alaska) Official statistics Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year (via Census Reporter) · Data: ACS 2020–2024
Among the 30 largest places in Alaska, Anchorage Fairbanks and Juneau city and . Click any column to sort; click a city for its guide.
What the ranking shows Across the 30 places in Alaska that we cover, the median is 6,845 and the average 18,766; the figure runs from 288,976 (Anchorage ) to 4,085 (Butte ). That is a spread of 70.7 times between the two ends.
How to use it The first five are Anchorage , Fairbanks , Juneau city and , Knik-Fairview , Badger . A high or low position is not good or bad on its own: size brings more employers and services but also longer commutes and more competition for housing. Use the Compare tab on each city page to see how two places differ across income, rent, commute and education, and check the county page for the local job market.
Sort: # City County Population Median household income Median rent A–Z / Smallest first ▲ Z–A / Largest first ▼
# ⇅ City ⇅ County ⇅ Population ⇅ Median household income ⇅ Median rent ⇅ 1 Anchorage Anchorage Municipality 288,976 $103,284 $1,489 2 Fairbanks Fairbanks North Star Borough 32,083 $73,534 $1,496 3 Juneau city and Juneau City and Borough 31,794 $101,661 $1,444 4 Knik-Fairview (unincorporated) Matanuska-Susitna Borough 19,972 $96,437 $1,588 5 Badger (unincorporated) Fairbanks North Star Borough 18,677 $97,183 $1,629 6 College (unincorporated) Fairbanks North Star Borough 11,924 $83,895 $1,454 7 North Lakes (unincorporated) Matanuska-Susitna Borough 10,223 $101,679 $1,441 8 Wasilla Matanuska-Susitna Borough 9,720 $67,234 $1,153 9 Tanaina (unincorporated) Matanuska-Susitna Borough 9,646 $105,536 $1,398 10 Meadow Lakes (unincorporated) Matanuska-Susitna Borough 8,689 $81,699 $1,377 11 Kalifornsky (unincorporated) Kenai Peninsula Borough 8,663 $93,508 $1,394 12 Sitka city and Sitka City and Borough 8,368 $101,727 $1,341 13 Ketchikan Ketchikan Gateway Borough 8,078 $85,275 $1,417 14 Kenai Kenai Peninsula Borough 7,641 $87,083 $1,138 15 Gateway (unincorporated) Matanuska-Susitna Borough 6,845 $137,772 $1,741 16 Sterling (unincorporated) Kenai Peninsula Borough 6,323 $102,415 $1,248 17 Bethel Bethel Census Area 6,312 $117,255 $1,678 18 Palmer Matanuska-Susitna Borough 6,268 $72,201 $1,125 19 South Lakes (unincorporated) Matanuska-Susitna Borough 6,180 $98,141 $1,178 20 Steele Creek (unincorporated) Fairbanks North Star Borough 5,928 $121,364 $1,223 21 Chena Ridge (unincorporated) Fairbanks North Star Borough 5,881 $133,775 $1,110 22 Homer Kenai Peninsula Borough 5,877 $74,449 $1,238 23 Fishhook (unincorporated) Matanuska-Susitna Borough 5,819 $111,375 $1,837 24 Kodiak Kodiak Island Borough 5,447 $90,292 $1,571 25 Farmers Loop (unincorporated) Fairbanks North Star Borough 4,954 $109,950 $1,406 26 Utqiag?vik North Slope Borough 4,778 $115,313 $1,360 27 Nikiski (unincorporated) Kenai Peninsula Borough 4,773 $65,863 $996 28 Unalaska Aleutians West Census Area 4,556 $131,964 $2,034 29 Soldotna Kenai Peninsula Borough 4,485 $56,280 $1,020 30 Butte (unincorporated) Matanuska-Susitna Borough 4,085 $101,042 $1,610
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Unincorporated places are census-designated places: they have no city government but are counted as communities. Figures describe the city itself.