Best places to live in Alaska
1 Alaska metro scored on the default family weighting — schools and safety heaviest, then affordability, climate, college pipeline and jobs. Change the weights on the ranking engine to see your own order.
Who lives in Alaska
Population-weighted racial and ethnic composition across the 1 tracked Alaska metro, from Census ACS table B03002.
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 60.2%
- Hispanic or Latino
- 8.3%
- Black (non-Hispanic)
- 3.8%
- Asian (non-Hispanic)
- 7.5%
- Other or two or more
- 20.2%
Diversity index 73/100 — how evenly the population is spread across these groups. It is descriptive, not a judgement: weight it up, down or to zero on the ranking engine.
| # | Metro | Score | US rank | Typical home | Schools | Safety | Climate | Diversity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anchorage | 30.4 | #96 of 103 | $428k | 30 | 2 | 11° / 65° | 73 |
Figures are compiled estimates. Methodology and sources.