How the Anchorage, AK metro's ZIP codes measure up on health
The ZipVitals Score across the Anchorage, AK metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.
Data release 202627 of 28 ZIP codes scored · 0.38M residents represented
Score snapshot
People & national context
The Anchorage, AK metro's ZIP codes, ranked
Highest-scoring
Top 27 of 27- 3,09899540in Indian · 468 residents62.76
- 3,10299516in Anchorage · 21,500 residents62.76
- 3,22199587in Girdwood · 1,949 residents62.50
- 3,60599577in Eagle River · 28,477 residents61.84
- 5,07499567in Chugiak · 6,452 residents59.71
- 6,81699505in Jber · 5,015 residents57.49
- 7,02299507in Anchorage · 37,301 residents57.25
- 8,76899517in Anchorage · 16,486 residents55.58
- 8,86099645in Palmer · 32,103 residents55.51
- 9,30799502in Anchorage · 25,006 residents55.13
- 9,77999515in Anchorage · 21,870 residents54.74
- 9,82899506in Jber · 7,028 residents54.70
- 11,82599504in Anchorage · 42,093 residents53.17
- 12,13199654in Wasilla · 44,647 residents52.97
- 12,93999518in Anchorage · 9,764 residents52.38
- 17,17599729in Cantwell · 128 residents49.34
- 17,82199588in Glennallen · 1,037 residents48.88
- 18,40599683in Trapper Creek · 583 residents48.41
- 18,60599503in Anchorage · 12,964 residents48.26
- 18,96499501in Anchorage · 16,175 residents47.97
- 19,26899688in Willow · 2,739 residents47.74
- 20,16099667in Skwentna · 261 residents47.00
- 20,50999652in Big Lake · 4,313 residents46.70
- 20,77099674in Sutton · 1,774 residents46.49
- 21,05399508in Anchorage · 36,458 residents46.24
- 21,30099676in Talkeetna · 1,628 residents46.05
- 27,27699694in Houston · 1,516 residents39.18
Lowest-scoring
Bottom 27 of 27- 27,27699694in Houston · 1,516 residents39.18
- 21,30099676in Talkeetna · 1,628 residents46.05
- 21,05399508in Anchorage · 36,458 residents46.24
- 20,77099674in Sutton · 1,774 residents46.49
- 20,50999652in Big Lake · 4,313 residents46.70
- 20,16099667in Skwentna · 261 residents47.00
- 19,26899688in Willow · 2,739 residents47.74
- 18,96499501in Anchorage · 16,175 residents47.97
- 18,60599503in Anchorage · 12,964 residents48.26
- 18,40599683in Trapper Creek · 583 residents48.41
- 17,82199588in Glennallen · 1,037 residents48.88
- 17,17599729in Cantwell · 128 residents49.34
- 12,93999518in Anchorage · 9,764 residents52.38
- 12,13199654in Wasilla · 44,647 residents52.97
- 11,82599504in Anchorage · 42,093 residents53.17
- 9,82899506in Jber · 7,028 residents54.70
- 9,77999515in Anchorage · 21,870 residents54.74
- 9,30799502in Anchorage · 25,006 residents55.13
- 8,86099645in Palmer · 32,103 residents55.51
- 8,76899517in Anchorage · 16,486 residents55.58
- 7,02299507in Anchorage · 37,301 residents57.25
- 6,81699505in Jber · 5,015 residents57.49
- 5,07499567in Chugiak · 6,452 residents59.71
- 3,60599577in Eagle River · 28,477 residents61.84
- 3,22199587in Girdwood · 1,949 residents62.50
- 3,10299516in Anchorage · 21,500 residents62.76
- 3,09899540in Indian · 468 residents62.76
What the distribution shows
Across the Anchorage, AK metro’s 28 ZIP codes, the ZipVitals Score spans a wide range. 27 of them carry enough measured coverage across all nine health domains to enter the population-weighted composite above; the rest are held out rather than filled from a coarser geography.
The Anchorage, AK metro has no in-metro comparison group: too few of its ZIP codes carry measured data across all nine scoring domains for the others to be placed against them, so the domain-by-domain breakdown that other metro pages carry is not available here. Every one of its ZIP codes still carries its own Score and its national standing.
Assembled from the same ZIP-level data as every per-ZIP page. Read the full method →
Why this matters
The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The Anchorage, AK figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.
A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.