Alaska Cities and Towns
Explore 149 cities and towns in Alaska. Search Census population, growth, housing and income data, and compare detailed city profiles.
Alaska has 149 PEP place records in this directory. Anchorage municipality is the largest in this covered universe at 287,155 residents as of July 1, 2025. Its place population decreased by 214 ( 0.1%) from July 1, 2024.
Together, these places hold 493,424 residents; 52 of 149 gained population between July 2024 and July 2025. Statewide, the ACS 2020–2024 median household income is $92,788 (14.9% above the U.S.); median home value is $352,900 (6.1% above the U.S.); median gross rent is $1,419 (0.4% above the U.S.). Unincorporated areas count toward state totals but not toward this directory.
All 19,483 PEP places have published profiles. Income, home value and rent filters use nationwide exact-GEOID ACS matches; unavailable and suppressed estimates are excluded when those filters are active. Rent is the 2020–2024 survey median, not a current listing price. Open-ended medians meet a numeric filter only when the entire source range meets its condition.
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149 places · showing the first 50 by population
Alaska city highlights
Lists use the same Census records as each profile. Income, rent and home-value lists are limited to places with at least 5,000 residents, where survey estimates are generally more precise; open a profile to see each margin of error.
Largest places
- Anchorage 287,155
- Juneau city and 31,609
- Fairbanks 31,468
- Wasilla 10,556
- Sitka city and 8,319
- Ketchikan 7,939
- Kenai 7,924
- Palmer 6,710
- Bethel 6,626
- Homer 6,331
July 1, 2025 residents
Fastest growing, 2024–2025
- Bethel +4.2%
- Homer +2.9%
- Wasilla +2.5%
- Palmer +1.6%
- Kenai +1.5%
- Juneau city and +0.1%
- Anchorage +-0.1%
- Kodiak +-0.2%
- Fairbanks +-0.6%
- Ketchikan +-0.8%
Places with 5,000+ residents
Highest median household income
- Bethel $117,255
- Anchorage $103,284
- Sitka city and $101,727
- Juneau city and $101,661
- Kodiak $90,292
- Kenai $87,083
- Ketchikan $85,275
- Homer $74,449
- Fairbanks $73,534
- Palmer $72,201
ACS 2020–2024 · 5,000+ residents
Lowest median gross rent
- Palmer $1,125
- Kenai $1,138
- Wasilla $1,153
- Homer $1,238
- Sitka city and $1,341
- Ketchikan $1,417
- Juneau city and $1,444
- Anchorage $1,489
- Fairbanks $1,496
- Kodiak $1,571
ACS 2020–2024 · 5,000+ residents
Highest median home value
- Sitka city and $450,300
- Juneau city and $449,300
- Anchorage $395,900
- Homer $388,400
- Bethel $360,200
- Wasilla $358,400
- Ketchikan $352,400
- Kodiak $347,100
- Palmer $294,900
- Kenai $283,900
ACS 2020–2024 · 5,000+ residents
Detailed profiles in Alaska
| City | Population | Annual growth | Household income | Home value | Monthly rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchorage, AK | 287,155 | -0.1% | $103,284 | $395,900 | $1,489 |
| Juneau city and, AK | 31,609 | + 0.1% | $101,661 | $449,300 | $1,444 |
| Fairbanks, AK | 31,468 | -0.6% | $73,534 | $268,400 | $1,496 |
| Wasilla, AK | 10,556 | + 2.5% | $67,234 | $358,400 | $1,153 |
| Sitka city and, AK | 8,319 | -0.8% | $101,727 | $450,300 | $1,341 |
| Ketchikan, AK | 7,939 | -0.8% | $85,275 | $352,400 | $1,417 |
| Kenai, AK | 7,924 | + 1.5% | $87,083 | $283,900 | $1,138 |
| Palmer, AK | 6,710 | + 1.6% | $72,201 | $294,900 | $1,125 |
| Bethel, AK | 6,626 | + 4.2% | $117,255 | $360,200 | $1,678 |
| Homer, AK | 6,331 | + 2.9% | $74,449 | $388,400 | $1,238 |
All Alaska city and town profiles
Every covered place has its own population history and geographic record. Survey-backed profiles add housing, household composition, resident industries and commuting. Browse the complete list below, ordered alphabetically; identical place names retain their entity labels and Census identifiers.
- Adak city
- Akhiok city
- Akiak city
- Akutan city
- Alakanuk city
- Aleknagik city
- Allakaket city
- Ambler city
- Anaktuvuk Pass city
- Anchorage municipality
- Anderson city
- Angoon city
- Aniak city
- Anvik city
- Atka city
- Atqasuk city
- Bethel city
- Bettles city
- Brevig Mission city
- Buckland city
- Chefornak city
- Chevak city
- Chignik city
- Chuathbaluk city
- Clark's Point city
- Coffman Cove city
- Cold Bay city
- Cordova city
- Craig city
- Deering city
- Delta Junction city
- Dillingham city
- Diomede city
- Eagle city
- Edna Bay city
- Eek city
- Egegik city
- Ekwok city
- Elim city
- Emmonak city
- Fairbanks city
- False Pass city
- Fort Yukon city
- Galena city
- Gambell city
- Golovin city
- Goodnews Bay city
- Grayling city
- Gustavus city
- Holy Cross city
- Homer city
- Hoonah city
- Hooper Bay city
- Houston city
- Hughes city
- Huslia city
- Hydaburg city
- Juneau city and borough
- Kachemak city
- Kake city
- Kaktovik city
- Kaltag city
- Kasaan city
- Kenai city
- Ketchikan city
- Kiana city
- King Cove city
- Kivalina city
- Klawock city
- Kobuk city
- Kodiak city
- Kotlik city
- Kotzebue city
- Koyuk city
- Koyukuk city
- Kupreanof city
- Kwethluk city
- Larsen Bay city
- Lower Kalskag city
- Manokotak city
- Marshall city
- McGrath city
- Mekoryuk city
- Mountain Village city
- Napakiak city
- Napaskiak city
- Nenana city
- New Stuyahok city
- Newhalen city
- Nightmute city
- Nikolai city
- Nome city
- Nondalton city
- Noorvik city
- North Pole city
- Nuiqsut city
- Nulato city
- Nunam Iqua city
- Nunapitchuk city
- Old Harbor city
- Ouzinkie city
- Palmer city
- Pelican city
- Pilot Point city
- Pilot Station city
- Platinum city
- Point Hope city
- Port Alexander city
- Port Heiden city
- Port Lions city
- Quinhagak city
- Ruby city
- Russian Mission city
- Sand Point city
- Savoonga city
- Saxman city
- Scammon Bay city
- Selawik city
- Seldovia city
- Seward city
- Shageluk city
- Shaktoolik city
- Shishmaref city
- Shungnak city
- Sitka city and borough
- Soldotna city
- St. George city
- St. Mary's city
- St. Michael city
- St. Paul city
- Stebbins city
- Tanana city
- Teller city
- Tenakee Springs city
- Thorne Bay city
- Togiak city
- Toksook Bay city
- Unalakleet city
- Unalaska city
- Upper Kalskag city
- Utqiagvik city
- Valdez city
- Wainwright city
- Wales city
- Wasilla city
- Whale Pass city
- White Mountain city
- Whittier city
- Wrangell city and borough
How Alaska’s population is spread across places
Places of 100,000 or more residents hold the largest share of Alaska’s covered place population: 58.2% across 1 place. Between July 2024 and July 2025, places of 2,500 to 9,999 residents changed fastest as a group (+0.8%), while places of under 500 residents changed least (−0.6%). Size bands use July 2025 populations; group change sums each band’s 2024 and 2025 estimates.
| Residents in July 2025 | Places | Combined population | Share of place population | Places that grew | Group change 2024–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100,000 or more | 1 | 287,155 | 58.2% | 0 of 1 | −0.1% |
| 25,000 to 99,999 | 2 | 63,077 | 12.8% | 1 of 2 | −0.3% |
| 10,000 to 24,999 | 1 | 10,556 | 2.1% | 1 of 1 | +2.5% |
| 2,500 to 9,999 | 14 | 75,793 | 15.4% | 8 of 14 | +0.8% |
| 500 to 2,499 | 38 | 35,830 | 7.3% | 15 of 38 | −0.4% |
| Under 500 | 93 | 21,013 | 4.3% | 27 of 93 | −0.6% |
What this state directory covers
The list uses Census Population Estimates Program place records (summary level 162): mostly incorporated cities, towns and villages, with their official labels and identifiers. Unincorporated communities and most census-designated places are outside this release, so a named community can be absent even though people live there, and the place totals above are smaller than the state population. Annual changes can reflect boundary adjustments as well as population change. Dollar figures are ACS 2020–2024 five-year medians in 2024 dollars, joined by exact place GEOID. Read the full methodology.
Download all Alaska population records , inspect the official population release, or read definitions and calculation methods.