Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety29#653/924
Economy97#26/925
Housing69#283/925
Health79#197/925
Healthcare74#243/923
Environment—
Education95#48/925
Infrastructure97#31/925
Community99#14/925
Leisure & amenities86#127/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Juneau, AK micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Access to exercise opportunities · high100.0%
100/100Alaska 79.1%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Traffic deaths · low4.4 /100k
100/100Alaska 9.4 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · high1,096 /100k
99/100Alaska 802 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Drought exposure · low0%
99/100Alaska 0%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAggregated from counties
Average commute time · low15.1 min
98/100Alaska 19.4 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Broadband subscriptions · high94.3%
98/100Alaska 91.9%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002

Weaknesses

Distance to an airport · high570 mi
0/100Alaska 131 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Distance to an Amtrak station · high780 mi
1/100Alaska 1,315 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · low0.3 /10k
1/100Alaska 0.6 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Drug overdose deaths · high41.2 /100k
4/100Alaska 40.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Job growth · low-3.4%
6/100Alaska -1.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Distance to an emergency room · high13.3 mi
11/100Alaska 46.0 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Suicide rateWorsening
9.1 /100k (2020) → 25.2 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+177%6 yearsUS 13.9 /100k → 14.1 /100k
Grocery storesImproving
0.9 /10k (2020) → 1.6 /10k (2025)
+70%5 yearsUS 1.7 /10k → 1.7 /10k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
13.7% (2020 & 2021) → 27.3% (2023 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Flu vaccinationsWorsening
50.0% (2019) → 38.0% (2023)
−12 pts4 yearsUS 48.0% → 44.0%
New business applicationsImproving
8.4 /1k (2020) → 12.6 /1k (2025)
+49%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
PharmaciesWorsening
0.6 /10k (2020) → 0.3 /10k (2025)
−49%5 yearsUS 1.9 /10k → 1.8 /10k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Juneau, AK micropolitan area improved on 12 of 32 measures with a comparison and declined on 7. 10 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Grocery stores+70%0.9 /10k → 1.6 /10k
Violent crime−49%927 /100k → 474 /100k
Gyms+36%0.9 /10k → 1.3 /10k
Arts & recreation+26%10.6 /10k → 13.3 /10k
Unemployment−3.8 points7.2% → 3.4%

Declined7

Firearm deaths+234%5.3 /100k → 17.7 /100k
Suicides+177%9.1 /100k → 25.2 /100k
Overdose deaths+141%17.1 /100k → 41.2 /100k
Transit use−2.1 points4.4% → 2.3%
Pharmacies−49%0.6 /10k → 0.3 /10k

All 32 measures

Change of every measure of Juneau, AK micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	10.6 /10k2020	13.3 /10k2025	+26%	Improved	82%
Average commute time	16.1 min2015-2019	15.1 min2020-2024	−1.0 min	Within the margin of error	87%
Average weekly wage	$1,1442020	$1,3862025	+21%	Improved	31%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%2015-2019	41.2%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Broadband subscriptions	90.7%2015-2019	94.3%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Improved	3%
Child poverty rate	11.1%2015-2019	10.6%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Distance to an airport	570 mi2020	570 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	17.1 /100k2020	41.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+141%	Declined	1%
Effective property tax rate	0.92%2015-2019	0.88%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Firearm deaths	5.3 /100k2020	17.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+234%	Declined	0%
Grocery stores	0.9 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	+70%	Improved	99%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.9 /10k2020	1.3 /10k2025	+36%	Improved	83%
High school diploma or higher	96.4%2015-2019	95.2%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Home price to income ratio	3.9×2015-2019	4.4×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	43%
Homicide rate	5.7 /100k2020	3.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−37%	Improved	63%
Income adjusted for local prices	$70,1922019	$92,3842024	+32%	Improved	50%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3992015-2019	0.4242020-2024	+0.025	Within the margin of error	9%
Median household income	$88,3902015-2019	$101,6612020-2024	+15%	Improved	5%
New business applications	8.4 /1k2020	12.6 /1k2025	+49%	Improved	56%
Pharmacies	0.6 /10k2020	0.3 /10k2025	−49%	Declined	2%
Poverty rate	7.7%2015-2019	8.9%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Property crime rate	2,963 /100k2020	1,887 /100k2025	−36%	Improved	56%
Public libraries	0.9 /10k2019	0.9 /10k2024	+1.4%	Little change	74%
Public transit commuters	4.4%2015-2019	2.3%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Declined	6%
Rent as share of income	25.9%2015-2019	24.2%2020-2024	−1.7 points	Within the margin of error	84%
Rent-burdened households	40.0%2015-2019	36.1%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Restaurants and bars	11.5 /10k2020	10.1 /10k2025	−12%	Declined	9%
Suicide rate	9.1 /100k2020	25.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+177%	Declined	0%
Traffic deaths	4.3 /100k2015-2019	4.4 /100k2020-2024	+1.5%	Little change	59%
Unemployment rate	7.2%2020	3.4%2025	−3.8 points	Improved	75%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.8%2015-2019	9.7%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Violent crime rate	927 /100k2020	474 /100k2025	−49%	Improved	93%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Juneau, AK micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Juneau, AK micropolitan area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Juneau, AK micropolitan area itself moved −3.3 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

31,794 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

13,167 households (±262)

Juneau, AK micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k8.7%1,146
$25k–50k11%1,468
$50k–75k18%2,310

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

13,167 households (±262)

Juneau, AK micropolitan area
United States share

Own64%8,375
Rent36%4,792

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

16,385 workers (±513)

Juneau, AK micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone64%10,474
Carpool12%1,991
Public transit2.3%†373

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no occupation wages for Juneau, AK micropolitan area.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Juneau, AK has 1,100 employer establishments, 350 for every 10,000 residents (1.41× the US rate of 248), with 11,307 paid employees at an average annual pay of $71,635. The Census Bureau also counts 2,902 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,100; 2,902 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 350; US 248
Paid employees: 11,307
Average annual pay: $71,635; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Juneau, AK by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	77	24.5	1.18×About typical	815	$102,501	143
Restaurants and other eating places	69	21.9	1.20×About typical	753	$37,850	8
Construction of buildings	64	20.4	2.69×More than typical	265	$69,875	72
Specialty trade contractors	53	16.9	1.09×About typical	243	$70,358	115
Lessors of real estate	49	15.6	1.27×More than typical	145	$46,166	247
Building equipment contractors	32	10.2	1.69×More than typical	176	$70,119	19
Offices of other health practitioners	28	8.9	1.47×More than typical	146	$47,473	90
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	26	8.3	3.11×More than typical	186	$24,522	24
Limited-service restaurants	26	8.3	1.03×About typical	271	$42,155	3
Full-service restaurants	24	7.6	0.99×About typical	304	$41,059	—
Clothing and accessories stores	22	7	1.93×More than typical	64	$36,234	19
Individual and family services	22	7	2.50×More than typical	381	$41,291	13

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 31,439 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $88.3M on contracts performed in Juneau, AK micropolitan area: $2,793 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $88.3M; +195% vs FY2025
Per resident: $2,793; US $1,994
Sole-source: 64%; US 30%
Single offer: 9.3%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$37.1M42%
U.S. Coast Guard$17.1M19%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$11.5M13%
Forest Service$8.1M9.1%
Department of the Air Force$4.5M5.1%
Public Buildings Service$3.4M3.8%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$2.8M3.2%
Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$670.3K0.8%

Top recipients

SEALASKA SECURE CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS, LLC$31.8M36%
NISGA'A CIOPS LLC$8.6M9.7%
CP MARINE, LLC$5.8M6.5%
AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.$5M5.7%
BOWHEAD INTEGRATION AND LOGISTICS SERVICES, LLC$4.5M5.2%

Spending by fiscal year

37.2MFY2017
29.5MFY2018
33.7MFY2019
24.6MFY2020
23.2MFY2021
27.7MFY2022
38.2MFY2023
36.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$32.3M37%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$17.1M19%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$12.3M14%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$5.8M6.6%
Facilities support services · 5612$4.6M5.2%

Largest awards

MENDENHALL RIVER FLOOD BARRIER REPAIR AND FORTIFICATION PROJECT IN JUNEAU, ALASKA$33.5M
SEALASKA SECURE CONSTRUCTION SOLUTIONS, LLC· Juneau City and Borough, AK· Construction & real property· Feb 11, 2026 – Jun 5, 2026· W911KB26CA008
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE (NMFS) ALASKA REGIONAL OFFICE (AKR) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) SUPPORT SERVICES$10.4M
ATTAINX INC.· Juneau City and Borough, AK· Professional services· Sep 7, 2023 – Jun 5, 2026· 1305M323CNFFS0055
PROJECT NO. 566579-MENDENHALL GLACIAL OUTBURST LAKE FLOODING (GLOF) TECHNICAL STUDY. IAW REVISED SOW DATED 23 OCTOBER 2025, AND PROPOSAL DATED 15 OCTOBER 2025.$6.5M
AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.· Juneau City and Borough, AK· Construction & real property· Oct 29, 2025 – Jun 12, 2026· W911KB26FA002

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $306M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Juneau, AK micropolitan area: $9,681 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $306M; +1.2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $9,681; US $12,955
Loan face value: $22.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$101.1M33%
15.022 · Tribal Self-Governance$50.5M17%
10.923 · Emergency Watershed Protection Program$20.6M6.7%
84.356 · Alaska Native Educational Programs$20.1M6.6%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$14M4.6%
14.867 · Indian Housing Block Grants$10.4M3.4%
93.224 · Health Center Program$9.7M3.2%
84.215 · Innovative Approaches to Literacy; Promise Neighborhoods; Full-Service Community Schools; and Congressionally Directed Spending for Elementary and Secondary Education Community Projects$8.9M2.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

CENTRAL COUNCIL TLINGIT AND HAIDA INDIAN TRIBES OF ALASKA$62.2M20%
JUNEAU, AK
CITY & BOROUGH OF JUNEAU$20.6M6.7%
JUNEAU, AK
SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE, INC$18.5M6.0%
JUNEAU, AK
SOUTHEAST ALASKA REGIONAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM$13.1M4.3%
JUNEAU, AK
TLINGIT HAIDA REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$118.6M39%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$51.4M17%
Department of the Interior
Department of Education$40.5M13%
Natural Resources Conservation Service$20.6M6.7%
Department of Agriculture
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$16M

Assistance by fiscal year

466.4MFY2021
257.7MFY2022
308MFY2023
467.6MFY2024
302.4MFY2025
306MFY2026

County aggregates

44%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Juneau, AK

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Juneau City and BoroughCentral county8631,609

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

JuneauPrincipal city31,794

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Juneau31,794

Other metro and micro areas in Alaska

Areas based in Alaska, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined7

Metro and micro areas like Juneau, AK micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Juneau, AK

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Alaska

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved12

Declined7

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought