Juneau City and Borough, AK

County Profile

31,794 residents. Safety, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Juneau City and Borough, AK.

Several figures AreaProfile publishes are measured by county and nowhere finer — death rates by intent among them. On this page those describe the geography they are printed on, which is not true of the city and ZIP pages that inherit them.

73out of 100
Area Score
Top 7% of 1,453 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 14 sources
OpportunityTop 1% of 1,463 counties measured90
Growth1,257th of 1,453 counties measured29
Housing affordabilityTop 27% of 1,462 counties measured79
Climate1,334th of 1,463 counties measured55
Physical resilienceTop 9% of 1,463 counties measured88
AccessTop 34% of 1,463 counties measured88
Economic stabilityTop 17% of 1,463 counties measured83
The quick read

Juneau City and Borough ranks in the top 1% of counties measured for employment opportunity, with unemployment at 2.5% and median household income of $101,661.

Residential permitting has slowed: 74 units authorized over the past twelve months, 59% below the prior year.

Rent takes 24% of renter income here, below the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 3.6 times what its owners earn.

These sentences are written by fixed rules from the measurements below — a statement appears because a number crossed a stated threshold, and the values behind it are stored with it. No figure anywhere on this site is invented, estimated or inferred to fill a gap. How this works.

At a glance

Population
31,794
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$101,661
Top 5% nationally
Density
12/sq mi
2,702.9 sq mi of land
Median age
40.0
2024 ACS 5-Year
County
Juneau City and Borough
Alaska
Micro area
Nearest major airport
JNU
15 mi · Juneau Intl
Median home value
$449,300
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 2.5%, lower than in 97% of the 1,467 measured US counties.

Employment grew 1.8% over the past year, to 17,367 employed residents.

41% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 92% of measured US counties.

Median household income of $101,661 is higher than in 95% of measured US counties.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsfiling years 2022–2023$72,80275th percentileof 1,417filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftfiling years 2022–2023$77,49885th percentileof 1,417filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$7,1082024 ACS 5-Year$101,661Top 5%of 3,2212024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,7632024 ACS 5-Year$54,089Top 4%of 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year
Per-capita personal income2023$84,994Top 7%of 1,3892023
Poverty rate ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year8.6%Top 17%of 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±1.0 min2024 ACS 5-Year16.7 minTop 5%of 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year41.2%Top 8%of 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year63.9%5th percentileof 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentJuly 202617,367Bottom 26%of 1,467July 2026
Employment change (3 years)July 2026+1.9%Top 28%of 1,467July 2026
Employment change (year over year)July 2026+1.8%Top 13%of 1,467July 2026
Labor forceJuly 202617,80925th percentileof 1,467July 2026
Labor force participation ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year81.8%Top 19%of 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year
Public transit to work ±0.8%2024 ACS 5-Year2.3%95th percentileof 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)July 2026−0.3%Top 42%of 1,467July 2026
Unemployment rateJuly 20262.5%Top 3%of 1,467July 2026
Worked from home ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year13.0%80th percentileof 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year

Unemployment rate

2021/072022/072023/072024/072025/072026/074.62.4
Monthly unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most recent value 2.5% in July 2026. It has been falling, over a series running from 2020-01 to 2026-07. A break in the line is a month the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not publish for this area — it is left empty rather than estimated.

Median household income, successive ACS releases

2021202220232024102k90k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $101,661 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

44% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 45% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 17.2 students for every full-time teacher across 11 public schools, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
11
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
17.2
across all schools here
Math proficiency
44.4%
2018-19 school year
Reading proficiency
45.2%
2018-19 school year
All 11 public schools on record, largest first.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at KaleJuneau Borough School District1,01820.042%42%
Auke Bay ElementaryJuneau Borough School District35318.662%62%
Harborview ElementaryJuneau Borough School District34915.247%42%
Sit Eeti Shaanax - Glacier Valley SchoolJuneau Borough School District32215.327%37%
Mendenhall River Community SchoolJuneau Borough School District30818.147%42%
Kax_dig_oowu Heen Elementary SchoolJuneau Borough School District29016.152%42%
Sayeik: Gastineau Community SchoolJuneau Borough School District28115.642%42%
Montessori Borealis Public Alternative SchoolJuneau Borough School District20517.137%57%
Yaakoosge Daakahidi Alt. H.S.Juneau Borough School District8011.4——
Juneau Community Charter School · charterJuneau Borough School District7117.845%65%
Johnson Youth CenterJuneau Borough School District1010.0——

20.9% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Alaska’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the non-metropolitan parts of Alaska is up 38% over five years, and up 0.6% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $4,251 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.95% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $1,758, some 22% above the $1,444 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $1,758 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $70,300 a year, about 69% of the median household income here of $101,661.

The typical renter household here spends 24% of its income on rent, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,444 a month.

A median home at $449,300 costs 3.6 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $123,466, above the historic benchmark of about 3 times income.

Rent as a share of income
24.2%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.6×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$1,758
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$1,444
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$449,300
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against Juneau City and Borough’s median household income of $101,661, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price change (1 year)the non-metropolitan parts of Alaska’s figure2026 Q2+0.6%8th percentileof 1,4312026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the non-metropolitan parts of Alaska’s figure2026 Q2+38.0%23rd percentileof 1,4312026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the non-metropolitan parts of Alaska’s figure2026 Q2+65.1%8th percentileof 1,4312026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.42024 ACS 5-Year3.6Bottom 16%of 3,2172024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year63.6%12th percentileof 3,2212024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±382024 ACS 5-Year14,24954th percentileof 3,2212024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$1,340Bottom 20%of 1,423FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$2,368Bottom 11%of 1,423FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$1,758Bottom 14%of 1,423FY2026
Median gross rent ±$582024 ACS 5-Year$1,444Bottom 9%of 3,2152024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$16,2552024 ACS 5-Year$449,30094th percentileof 3,2192024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$1442024 ACS 5-Year$4,25194th percentileof 3,1722024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$12,7272024 ACS 5-Year$123,466Top 5%of 3,2182024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.05%2024 ACS 5-Year0.95%61st percentileof 3,1262024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year24.2%Top 21%of 3,2162024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±1362024 ACS 5-Year40553rd percentileof 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year2.8%51st percentileof 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year4.8%14th percentileof 3,2212024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±2552024 ACS 5-Year1,08234th percentileof 3,2222024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures.

Development Momentum

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The most recent move in permitting was broadly flat, in a series running from 2020 to 2025. That is the direction of the recent run. The chart below compares the first year with the last, which can point the other way.

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has fallen 2% since 2020, to 31,572 in 2024.

Federal tax returns show Juneau City and Borough lost about 1.1% of its residents through moves within the US in the most recent year, counting those who arrived against those who left. Households that moved in reported an average income of $72,802, below the $77,498 of households that moved out.

At 2.3 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US counties.

Units permitted
74
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
2.3
Bottom 42% nationally
Year over year
−59%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
43.2%
units in 5+ unit buildings

Population, annual estimates

2020202120222023202432k31k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population. It has been holding roughly steady, over a series running from 2020 to 2024.

People moving in and out

Net migration
−1.1%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
74%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$72,802
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$77,498
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Anchorage Municipality, AK 96 people · 6.8% of arrivals
  2. King County, WA 43 people · 3.1% of arrivals
  3. Los Angeles County, CA 31 people · 2.2% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Anchorage Municipality, AK 151 people · 9.0% of departures
  2. Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK 89 people · 5.3% of departures
  3. Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK 55 people · 3.3% of departures
  4. King County, WA 41 people · 2.4% of departures
  5. Maricopa County, AZ 40 people · 2.4% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

Housing units permitted per year

20202021202220232024202515646
Annual totals from the Census Building Permits Survey. Permitting in 2025 was higher than 2020 (+154%).

Weather & climate

2 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 64°F and January a low of 24°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 67.0 inches, including 87.6 inches of snow.

Air quality measures a median index of 24, in the Good band, and no day in the year passed 100.

10°30°50°70°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station JUNEAU INTL AP, 14.0 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND9.2"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index2024 calendar year552024 calendar year
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals67.0"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall1991-2020 Normals87.6"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals24°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals64°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals21991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 1002024 calendar year02024 calendar year
Median air quality index2024 calendar year242024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals29°F1991-2020 Normals

Air quality

Median air quality index
24
Good on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
55
90th percentile index
Days above 100
0
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. Air quality is measured by EPA monitors and published by county only where a monitor sits; a county without one shows nothing rather than an estimate, and a county reading is still the county’s. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

88 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are earthquake, inland flooding and avalanche, with earthquake alone responsible for 33% of it. Inland flooding is independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large that hazard is.

Overall hazard risk is lower than 91% of measured US counties.

Winter weatherModerate
AvalancheModerate
EarthquakeHigh
TsunamiElevated

Low or minimal exposure: landslide, volcanic activity, coastal flooding, wildfire, ice storm, cold wave, inland flooding, lightning, tornado, hail, strong wind, drought, heat wave, hurricane.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). These are FEMA’s own figures for this county rather than a value derived from surrounding geographies. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Juneau City and Borough has a modeled homicide rate of about 3.6 per 100,000 residents a year, because the CDC suppresses counts this small, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at about 17.7 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, since the figure counts suicides and accidents as well as homicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 41.2 per 100,000 residents in Juneau City and Borough.

Homicide
3.6
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured
Firearm deaths, all intents
17.7
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured
Drug overdose
41.2
per 100,000 residents
Suicide
25.2
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe Juneau City and Borough as a whole. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. City profiles inside this area carry their own figure where their department reported a full year. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Cost of living
Price parities are published for metropolitan areas, and this place lies outside one.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. Cost of living is published where the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures it, though not for this place. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

1 major airport lies within 100 miles, the nearest Juneau Intl at 15 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year94.3%Top 4%of 3,2212024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle15 miTop 17%of 1,463NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle1Bottom 3%of 1,463NASR current cycle
No internet access ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year4.2%Top 6%of 3,2212024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Juneau IntlJNU15 mi8,857 ft
Ted Stevens Anchorage IntlANC582 mi10,865 ft
Fairbanks IntlFAI630 mi11,800 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
IncomeU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Regional price parities and county personal income
2023
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar year
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.

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