Juneau City and Borough, AK
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 58.37, -134.18.
Assembled 2026-10-19. Read the brief.
- 92nd pct · 241st of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 91st pct · 2nd of 13 Alaska counties · median $383,220
- 69th pct · 930th of 3,062 US counties · median +2.9%
- 33rd pct · 9th of 13 Alaska counties · median +5.4%
- 93rd pct · 89th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 100th pct · 1st of 5 Alaska counties · median $1,866
- 66th pct · 1,066th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 86th pct · 5th of 30 Alaska counties · median 2,486
- 91st pct · 283rd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 68th pct · 10th of 30 Alaska counties · median $1,272
- 82nd pct · 541st of 3,063 US counties · median 4.2
- 66th pct · 5th of 13 Alaska counties · median 5.6
Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
Typical home $473,329 (Sep 2026), +4.5% over one year, +17.7% over five
- 92nd pct · 241st of 3,063 US counties · median $230,451
- 91st pct · 2nd of 13 Alaska counties · median $383,220
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Juneau City and Borough, AK | $473,329 · +4.5% 1-yr |
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rents #
Typical rent $2,441/mo (Sep 2026), n/a over one year; price-to-rent 16.2
- 93rd pct · 89th of 1,358 US counties · median $1,506
- 100th pct · 1st of 5 Alaska counties · median $1,866
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Juneau City and Borough, AK | $2,441/mo · n/a 1-yr |
Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), smoothed, all homes and multifamily; price-to-rent = typical home / (typical rent × 12).
What the typical home costs to carry #
Principal and interest of $2,622 a month on $473,329 at 7.40%, against an average weekly wage worth $6,279 a month: 41.8% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $473,329 × 80% = $378,663, r = 7.40%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-15), n = 360 → $2,622/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,449 × 52 / 12 = $6,279) = 42% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $473,329 / ($1,449 × 52) = 6.3
- price-to-rent = $473,329 / ($2,441 × 12) = 16.2
The wage is one covered job’s average, not a household’s income, so this is the share of a single paycheque and not a mortgage underwriting ratio.
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Jobs & wages #
16,413 jobs at 1,185 employers (2026 Q1); -3.4% jobs and +5.8% average weekly wage over the year
- 66th pct · 1,066th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 86th pct · 5th of 30 Alaska counties · median 2,486
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Juneau City and Borough, AK | 16,413 jobs · $1,449/wk · -3.4% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 1,604 | $791 | 1.00 | -3.0% |
| Health care and social assistance | 1,421 | $1,599 | 0.58 | -3.1% |
| Accommodation and food services | 1,122 | $599 | 0.76 | -6.4% |
| Mining, oil and gas | 1,000 | $3,320 | 17.11 | -2.6% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 891 | $1,241 | 1.29 | -1.2% |
| Other services | 711 | $1,249 | 1.45 | -2.2% |
| Professional and technical services | 482 | $1,612 | 0.43 | -3.4% |
| Administrative and waste services | 345 | $1,162 | 0.37 | -0.9% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 279 | $396 | 1.03 | +4.5% |
| Real estate and rental | 258 | $1,035 | 1.03 | +0.8% |
| Educational services | 162 | $718 | 0.46 | +1.9% |
| Finance and insurance | 151 | $1,958 | 0.23 | -7.4% |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Drought #
D0 abnormally dry
Sites found: 5, searched within 0 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 0 km away are not.
US Drought Monitor current week; the highest class of any polygon containing the point.
Reservoirs #
Surface water layer not loaded
Sites found: 0, searched within 150 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 150 km away are not.
Σ(capacity × percent full) / Σ capacity over TWDB reservoirs within 150 km. Texas only; elsewhere USGS reservoir elevation/storage is listed without a capacity to normalise by.
Stream gauges #
Surface water layer not loaded
Sites found: 0, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
USGS latest readings screened against EPA freshwater criteria (DO ≥ 5 mg/L, pH 6.5–9, conductance, turbidity, temperature); NWS flood categories where a NWPS gauge is co-located.
Groundwater #
No USGS monitoring wells within 75 km (or above 1,500 km)
Sites found: 0, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
USGS latest daily water levels. A single latest reading says where the table is, not which way it is moving; select a well for its 365-day trace.
Water stress #
low (0.00)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 / 0.35
Banks & federal dollars #
$879.5 m in deposits at 9 offices of 5 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,415, highly concentrated. $818.6 m federal obligations in FY2026 (grants $533.8 m, direct payments $190.9 m), $49,874 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $288.4 m · 32.8% share · 2 offices | |
| Northrim Bank | $215.9 m · 24.5% share · 2 offices | |
| First National Bank Alaska | $197.5 m · 22.5% share · 2 offices | |
| Juneau, AK | $818.6 m FY2026 · $49,874/job | |
| EDUCATION & EARLY DEVELOPMENT ALASKA DEP | $191.8 m · top recipient FY2026 |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $288,360,000 | 32.8% | 2 |
| Northrim Bank | $215,877,000 | 24.5% | 2 |
| First National Bank Alaska | $197,471,000 | 22.5% | 2 |
| First Bank | $122,245,000 | 13.9% | 2 |
| KeyBank National Association | $55,540,000 | 6.3% | 1 |
Deposit concentration is 2,415 across 5 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 5 banks with deposits in the county = 32.8² + 24.5² + 22.5² + … (2 more) = 2,415
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
Federal obligations #
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
| Awarding agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Department of Education | $248,712,930 |
| Social Security Administration | $118,720,820 |
| Department of Transportation | $117,327,066 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $72,996,858 |
| Department of the Interior | $52,838,045 |
| Department of Defense | $43,530,910 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $42,095,654 |
| Department of Agriculture | $39,096,500 |
| Department of Justice | $19,229,433 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $18,564,500 |
| Department of Commerce | $17,185,900 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $16,149,304 |
That is $49,874 per covered job, against 16,413 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $818.6 m / 16,413 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $49,874
USAspending obligations are recorded where the work is performed, so a prime award performed here is counted here even when the recipient is headquartered elsewhere. Recipients are legal entities, never people.
National context, not this county #
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
| Series | Latest | As of | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage · ft | 17.95 | 2026-10-18 | -2.6% |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) · ft³/s | 5,170.00 | 2026-02-05 | -25.3% |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full · % | 72.20 | 2026-10-19 | +0.0% |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 258,700.00 | 2026-08-01 | -0.4% |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual · TEU | 10,513,167.00 | 2023-01-01 | -13.5% |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports · ships | 7.00 | 2026-10-13 | +133.3% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 7,848.00 | 2026-09-01 | +14.9% |
| US diesel retail price · $ per gallon | unavailable | not published | |
| WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel | 101.91 | 2026-10-14 | +1.0% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.40 | 2026-10-15 | +0.0% |
| Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,275.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.6% |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,403.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.1% |
| Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100 | 337.31 | 2026-07-01 | +0.1% |
| Unemployment rate · % | 4.20 | 2026-09-01 | +2.4% |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions | -105,572.00 | 2026-08-01 | -13.7% |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions | 652,115.00 | 2026-09-01 | +0.7% |
The indicator registry has no county-keyed series and no geographic selection: every entry is national, a named gauge, a single state or a port. They are here as the backdrop the county's own numbers move against, and they are never this county's readings.
What changed #
Juneau City and Borough, AK: 15 findings, 1 at an alert level, 4 at a watch level and 10 noted
alertJuneau City and Borough, AK's covered employment is -3.4% against a year earlier, an alert level here: covered employment at least 3 percent below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -3.4 <= -3
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchJuneau City and Borough, AK's covered employment is -3.4% against a year earlier, a watch level here: covered employment below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -3.4 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchJuneau City and Borough, AK's typical asking rent is -3.1% against the previous month, a watch level here: typical asking rent at least 1 percent below the previous month (arithmetic on the Zillow ZORI month columns; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- test: rent.momPct = -3.092949843464437 <= -1
- month-over-month percent change = (newest month − previous month) / |previous month| × 100, from Zillow's own published month columns
arithmetic on the Zillow ZORI month columns; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
watchJuneau City and Borough, AK's typical asking rent fell 3.1% from $2,519 in August 2026 to $2,441 in September 2026, on Zillow ZORI.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- -3.1% = (2441.277777777778 - 2519.1952224676547) / 2519.1952224676547 × 100
- 2441.277777777778 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-09
- 2519.1952224676547 = Zillow ZORI, 2026-08
watchJuneau City and Borough, AK's typical home value of +4.5% scores 70 on the 0-to-100 scale across US counties but 33 across Alaska counties, a gap of 36 points.
Period 2026-09.Show the arithmetic
- 36 = |70 across US counties - 33 across Alaska counties|
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
Read all 12 findings in the full brief
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