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ZIP 99517, Anchorage

Moderate

🇺🇸Anchorage, Alaska · United States

Residential

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Mixed fit Based on 7 scored dimensions

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Safety

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Schools — 5 schools within range

Affordability

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Safety — based on limited evidence

Transport — no source available yet

Amenities — no source available yet

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Anchorage sees surge in bears killed, with unsecured trash and other lures a driving factor Anchorage Daily News

Two of Anchorage’s primary private trash hauling companies say they sometimes struggle to meet the demand for bear-resistant containers.

1 week ago Read article

Kaitlyn Kaganak was found dead by an Anchorage trail. Charges accuse a woman of helping dispose of her body. Anchorage Daily News

Kaganak grew up in Scammon Bay and is now buried there, her mother said. Another suspect in the investigation died by suicide this month.

1 week ago Read article

Assembly members weigh how JBER expansion may further compress Anchorage’s housing market Anchorage Daily News

To meet JBER’s projected housing need, Anchorage would need an additional 1,200 two-bedroom units and 645 homes with four bedrooms or more by 2030.

1 week ago Read article

Wrecked parking meters have cost Anchorage more than $400K in 9 months Anchorage Daily News

Thievery and vandalism have taken hundreds of downtown parking meters out of commission.

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4 hurt in shooting outside Spenard bar after closing, owner and Anchorage police say Anchorage Daily News

The shooting took place in an alley behind Chilkoot Charlie’s after the bar closed at 3 a.m., said Doran Powell, one of the watering hole’s owners.

1 week ago Read article

Data confidence

High coverage

Coverage confidence reflects geographic matching, source authority, freshness, record coverage, and demographic alignment. It is not a liveability score.

geography

25 pts

source authority

20 pts

freshness

20 pts

record coverage

10 pts

demographic alignment

5 pts

Reliable enriched schools, amenity details, ratings, and official area demographics are not available for this suburb yet. Existing evidence elsewhere on this page remains visible; missing facts are not estimated.

Score dashboard

ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Safety

Bottom 1%

estimated

Affordability

Bottom 1%

ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Schools

Bottom 1%

2020

Transport

Bottom 6%

pending

Amenities

Bottom 6%

pending

Lifestyle

Bottom 6%

pending

Property Confidence

Bottom 1%

ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Flood & earthquake history

🌊 Flood: None on record

🌍 Earthquake: None on record

🔥 Wildfire: None on record

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Community demographics

ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Population

16,486

Median household income

$103,880/yr

Median home value

$402,100

Price-to-income ratio

Median home ÷ median household income

3.9×

Moderately priced

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Crime & Safety

Alaska · United States national statistics

80/100

Safety score based on Alaska region averages

Safety score estimated from national crime statistics for this region.

Flood & earthquake

🌊 No flood history

🌍 No earthquake history

🔥 No wildfire history

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Schools in this area

NCES Common Core of Data · 5 schools

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Amenities & transport

OpenStreetMap

Amenity data is being gathered from OpenStreetMap.

Public transit

Score 50/100

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Car-dependent area

No public transit infrastructure data is available for this ZIP area. This typically reflects rural or very low-density suburban areas.

Natural hazards & flood/earthquake history

GDACS · USGS · NIFC/WFIGS

No significant hazards on record

No notable floods, earthquakes or wildfires recorded near this area since 2006.

Drug & substance activity

Drug offense data at ZIP-code level is not publicly reported in the FBI CDE dataset. City-wide violent and property crime rates are used for the safety score.

Affordability

ACS 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Median household income

$103,880/yr

Median home value

$402,100

ZIP area population

16,486

Price-to-income ratio

3.9×

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