Juneau City and Borough, Alaska (AK) Zip Code, Radio Stations, Crime Rate, Weather Forecast, Area Code

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County population in 2005: 30,987 (82% urban, 18% rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 7,363
Renter-occupied apartments: 4,180
% of renters here:   36%
State: 37%
Land area: 2717 sq. mi.
Water area: 538.3 sq. mi.
Population density: 11 people per square mile 
 
 (low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This county:   6.0%
Whole state: 9.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This county:   2.8%
Whole state: 4.0%

Industries providing employment: Public administration (22.6%), Educational,health and social services (20.5%), Retail trade (10.2%).

Type of workers:

  • Private wage or salary: 52%
  • Government: 40%
  • Self-employed, not incorporated: 8%
  • Unpaid family work: 0%

Juneau City and Borough, Alaska business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska:

  • White Non-Hispanic (73.3%)
  • American Indian (16.6%)
  • Two or more races (6.9%)
  • Filipino (3.4%)
  • Hispanic (3.4%)
  • Other race (1.1%)
  • Black (0.8%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:   35.3 years
Alaska median age:   32.4 years

Males: 15,469   (50.4%)
Females: 15,242   (49.6%)
Average wage per job in 2003: $37,196
County population in 2003: 31,049
Jobs in 2003: 18,237

Total labor force in 2004: 17,672
Unemployment rate in 2004: 6.0%

Average household size:
Juneau City and Borough:   2.6 people
Alaska: 2.7 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $67,643 ($62,034 in 2000)
This county   $67,643
Alaska:   $56,234

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $279,871
Juneau City and Borough   $279,871
Alaska:   $197,100

Median montly rent in 2000: $863
Institutionalized population: 229
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Juneau City and Borough in 2000: $1523



Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 2000: 86 buildings, average cost: $205,700
  • 2001: 61 buildings, average cost: $232,500
  • 2002: 81 buildings, average cost: $219,500
  • 2003: 85 buildings, average cost: $146,300
  • 2004: 68 buildings, average cost: $266,600
  • 2005: 81 buildings, average cost: $254,200
  • 2006: 70 buildings, average cost: $277,800
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $2,240 (1.1%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Juneau City and Borough is $842 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1059 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1431 a month.

2005 air pollution in Juneau City and Borough:

Particulate Matter (PM10) Annual: 11 µg/m3. Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) 24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m3): 35 µg/m3. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3): 8.1 µg/m3. Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) 24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m3): 40 µg/m3. Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area , Haines Borough , Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area .

Current college students: 1,890
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 93.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 36.0%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,760 (59% naturalized citizens)

Juneau City and Borough:   5.7%
Whole state: 5.9%


Year of entry for the foreign-born population

  • 1995 to March 2000: 338
  • 1990 to 1994: 403
  • 1985 to 1989: 199
  • 1980 to 1984: 170
  • 1975 to 1979: 90
  • 1970 to 1974: 106
  • 1970 to 1974: 120
  • 1965 to 1969: 334

Mean travel time to work: 16.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.7%

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 5,480
  • One, attached: 1,685
  • Two: 551
  • 3 or 4: 927
  • 5 to 9: 922
  • 10 to 19: 571
  • 20 or more: 767
  • Mobile homes: 1,178
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 201

Housing units in Juneau City and Borough with a mortgage: 4,250 (413 second mortgage, 388 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 932

Agriculture in Juneau City and Borough
Average size of farms: 15 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $296270
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 5.21%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 94.64%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $298504
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $210596
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 35.14%
Average age of principal farm operators: 49 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 2.97
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 43.75%


Class of Workers



Most common industries for males:



  • Public administration (22%)
  • Construction (11%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Health care (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Public administration (23%)
  • Educational services (13%)
  • Health care (11%)
  • Social assistance (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (3%)
  • Life and physical scientists (3%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
  • Philippines (42%)
  • Canada (14%)
  • Mexico (11%)
  • Germany (4%)
  • United Kingdom (4%)
  • India (3%)
  • China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (2%)


Most common first ancestries reported in Juneau City and Borough:
  • German (15%)
  • Irish (10%)
  • English (9%)
  • United States or American (5%)
  • Norwegian (5%)
  • European (3%)
  • Scottish (3%)

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 10,206 (63%)
  • Carpooled: 2,995 (18%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 506 (3%)
  • Ferryboat: 118 (1%)
  • Taxi: 70 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 13 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 95 (1%)
  • Walked: 1,304 (8%)
  • Other means: 204 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 705 (4%)
 

People in group quarters in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska
  • 178 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 142 people in federal prisons and detention centers
  • 136 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
  • 77 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
  • 39 people in nursing homes
  • 32 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
  • 31 people in homes for the mentally ill
  • 16 people in halfway houses
  • 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 5 people in other workers' dormitories
  • 5 people in crews of maritime vessels
  • 3 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
  • 3 people in other nonhousehold living situations
  • 2 people in military ships

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $63,789.

7.23% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($39,000 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   7.23%
Alaska average: 9.33%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.33% relocated from other counties in Alaska ($12,790 average AGI)
4.90% relocated from other states ($26,210 average AGI)
Juneau City and Borough:   4.90%
Alaska average: 6.06%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries


Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Anchorage Municipality, AK  0.48% ($38,271 average AGI)
from Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK  0.28% ($37,853)
from Sitka City and Borough, AK  0.26% ($37,313)
from King County, WA  0.24% ($35,033)
from Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, AK  0.20% ($33,292)
from Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK  0.19% ($36,565)
from Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK  0.17% ($50,476)

8.69% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($44,811 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   8.69%
Alaska average: 9.43%

0.10% of residents moved to foreign countries ($638 average AGI)
Juneau City and Borough:   0.10%
Alaska average: 0.24%

2.69% relocated to other counties in Alaska ($15,083 average AGI)
5.91% relocated to other states ($29,090 average AGI)
Juneau City and Borough:   5.91%
Alaska average: 6.19%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries


Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Anchorage Municipality, AK  0.91% ($49,522 average AGI)
to King County, WA  0.42% ($36,731)
to Sitka City and Borough, AK  0.27% ($42,091)
to Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK  0.25% ($77,484)
to Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK  0.23% ($44,241)
to Multnomah County, OR  0.23% ($31,929)
to Maricopa County, AZ  0.18% ($52,409)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.2


Births per 1000 population in Juneau City and Borough

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 3.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 4.5


Deaths per 1000 population in Juneau City and Borough

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 8.6


Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Juneau City and Borough

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 2,869 (2,367 aged, 502 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship

Households: 30,032
  • In family households: 25,022 (5,424 male householders, 2,330 female householders)
    6,040 spouses, 9,128 children (8,242 natural, 326 adopted, 560 stepchildren), 373 grandchildren, 147 brothers or sisters, 139 parents, 297 other relatives, 1,144 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 5,010 (1,789 male householders (1,291 living alone)), 1,991 female householders (1,522 living alone)), 1,230 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 679 (246 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,982 2-persons, 1,887 3-persons, 1,766 4-persons, 730 5-persons, 261 6-persons, 128 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,813 1-person, 755 2-persons, 159 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 8 5-persons.

5,719 married couples with children.
1,937 single-parent households (534 men, 1,403 women).

90.5% of residents of Juneau City and Borough speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
3.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $938,535,000 ($30161 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $9,726,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $67,289,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $18,962,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,467,000
Federal grants: $755,711,000
Federal procurement contracts: $22,320,000 ($209,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $70,786,000 ($1,588,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $205,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $27,039,000
Federal Government insurance: $75,997,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 2,111
Here:   68 per 1000 residents
State: 80 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 696
Here:   22 per 1000 residents
State: 25 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +265
Here:   +9 per 1000 residents
State: +9 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -1,360
Here:   -44 per 1000 residents
State:   -7 per 1000 residents



Population growth in Juneau City and Borough

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.98 millions of gallons per day (67% from ground, 33% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:   5.7
State: 5.7

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:   3.9
State: 3.9



Year house built:
  • 1999 to March 2000: 174
  • 1995 to 1998: 1,137
  • 1990 to 1994: 537
  • 1980 to 1989: 3,570
  • 1970 to 1979: 3,488
  • 1960 to 1969: 1,283
  • 1950 to 1959: 671
  • 1940 to 1949: 404
  • 1939 or earlier: 1,018


Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska:
  • 1 room: 66
  • 2 rooms: 233
  • 3 rooms: 485
  • 4 rooms: 1,044
  • 5 rooms: 1,552
  • 6 rooms: 1,599
  • 7 rooms: 1,147
  • 8 rooms: 661
  • 9 or more rooms: 576


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Juneau City and Borough, Alaska:
  • 1 room: 304
  • 2 rooms: 484
  • 3 rooms: 900
  • 4 rooms: 1,075
  • 5 rooms: 873
  • 6 rooms: 305
  • 7 rooms: 163
  • 8 rooms: 47
  • 9 or more rooms: 29


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Juneau City and Borough:
  • no bedroom: 72
  • 1 bedroom: 531
  • 2 bedrooms: 1,775
  • 3 bedrooms: 3,516
  • 4 bedrooms: 1,173
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 296


Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Juneau City and Borough:
  • no bedroom: 345
  • 1 bedroom: 1,187
  • 2 bedrooms: 1,538
  • 3 bedrooms: 909
  • 4 bedrooms: 152
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 49


Cars and other vehicles available in Juneau City and Borough in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 172
  • 1 vehicle: 2,169
  • 2 vehicles: 3,564
  • 3 vehicles: 1,132
  • 4 vehicles: 244
  • 5 or more vehicles: 82


Cars and other vehicles available in Juneau City and Borough in renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 687
  • 1 vehicle: 2,110
  • 2 vehicles: 1,110
  • 3 vehicles: 193
  • 4 vehicles: 80
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0

46% of Juneau City and Borough residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Alaska.

Juneau City and Borough:   45.8%
State average: 47.2%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 11662
  • Northeast: 2174
  • Midwest: 3523
  • South: 2006
  • West: 9144

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $171,300

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
 


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:


  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (80%)
  • Electricity (14%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
  • Wood (2%)
  • Other fuel (1%)
  • Utility gas (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:


  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (54%)
  • Electricity (37%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
  • Utility gas (3%)
  • Other fuel (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 312
Here:   7.9%
Alaska:   6.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 78
Here:   4.2%
Alaska: 5.9%

Students in private undegraduate colleges: 112
Here:   7.4%
Alaska: 14.1%



Educational Attainment



School Enrollment by Level of School


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

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