Quality of life in Anchorage
Anchorage, Alaska, is characterized by a clean environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in business freedom, healthcare and tolerance.
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Anchorage, Alaska, is characterized by a clean environment. According to our city rankings, this is a good place to live with high ratings in business freedom, healthcare and tolerance.
Large apartment | $1700.00 |
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Medium apartment | $1400.00 |
Rent index [score] | 0.54 |
Small apartment | $1000.00 |
5km taxi ride | $9.30 |
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A Cappuccino | $4.00 |
A beer | $2.40 |
A kilogram of Apples | $5.80 |
Bread | $1.60 |
Inflation [score] | 0.31 |
Lunch | $17.00 |
Monthly fitness club membership | $61.00 |
Monthly public transport | $57.00 |
Movie ticket | $11.00 |
Price of a meal at a restaurant | $79.15 |
Average monthly increase in number of startups | 1 |
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Average monthly increase in number of startups [score] | 0.20 |
Coworking spaces [score] | 0.39 |
Coworking spaces on WorkFrom.co | 4 |
Meetups [score] | 0.12 |
Meetups groups | 9 |
Meetups members | 1843 |
Number of investors | 1 |
Number of startup events in the last 12 months | 329 |
Number of upcoming meetup events | 1 |
Startup climate scene [score] | 0.27 |
Startup events | 26 |
Startup events [score] | 0.47 |
Startups [score] | 0.36 |
Total number of startups | 22 |
Airport hub | 38 |
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Airport hub [score] | 0.23 |
Intercity train connectivity [score] | 0.11 |
Human city page | http://cities.human.co/details/United_States/Anchorage |
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Traffic handling [score] | 0.65 |
Business freedom | 84.70 |
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Business freedom [score] | 0.86 |
Freedom from corruption | 74.00 |
Freedom from corruption [score] | 0.79 |
Lack of labor restrictions | 91.40 |
Lack of labor restrictions [score] | 1.00 |
Time to open a business | 5.60 |
Time to open a business [score] | 0.95 |
Crime rate [score] | 0.44 |
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Gun-related deaths per 100,000 residents per year | 20 |
Guns per 100 residents | 135 |
Lack of gun related deaths [score] | 0.47 |
Lack of guns [score] | 0.26 |
Lack of guns and gun-related deaths [score] | 0.36 |
Healthcare expenditure [score] | 0.99 |
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Healthcare quality [score] | 0.84 |
Life expectancy (years) | 79.28 |
Life expectancy [score] | 0.76 |
Country mean scores in PISA math test | 478.04 |
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Country mean scores in PISA reading test | 497.58 |
Country mean scores in PISA science test | 497.41 |
PISA math ranking (high school) | 30 |
PISA ranking | 24 |
PISA ranking (high school) [score] | 0.72 |
PISA reading (high school) | 16 |
PISA science (high school) | 19 |
Percent of happy students | 0.77 |
Percent of low performers in PISA math test | 0.26 |
Percent of low performers in PISA reading test | 0.17 |
Percent of low performers in PISA science test | 0.18 |
Percent of top performers in PISA math test | 0.09 |
Percent of top performers in PISA reading test | 0.08 |
Percent of top performers in PISA science test | 0.07 |
Air quality [score] | 0.97 |
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Cleanliness [score] | 0.79 |
Drinking water quality [score] | 1.00 |
Urban greenery [score] | 0.95 |
Currency exchange rate per US dollar for urban area | 1.00 |
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Currency for urban area | USD |
GDP growth rate | 0.02 |
GDP growth rate [score] | 0.43 |
GDP per capita | $54596.65 |
GDP per capita [score] | 0.87 |
Effective company profit tax rate on payouts as dividends [score] | 0.54 |
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Income tax level [score] | 0.41 |
Profit tax (% of profit) | 0.44 |
Time overhead to file company taxes | 175 |
Download speed (Mbps) | 27.69 |
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Internet access (download) [score] | 0.45 |
Internet access (upload) [score] | 0.54 |
Upload speed (Mbps) | 13.51 |
Art galleries | 65 |
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Art galleries [score] | 0.39 |
Cinemas | 21 |
Cinemas [score] | 0.45 |
Comedy clubs | 5 |
Comedy clubs [score] | 0.59 |
Concert venues | 27 |
Concerts [score] | 0.11 |
Historical sites | 5 |
Historical sites [score] | 0.30 |
Museums | 24 |
Museums [score] | 0.35 |
Performing art venues | 41 |
Performing arts [score] | 0.41 |
Sport venues | 9 |
Sports [score] | 0.48 |
Zoos | 3 |
Zoos [score] | 0.70 |
LGBT Equality Index | 76.56 |
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LGBT Equality Index [score] | 0.78 |
LGBT adoption rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT age of consent | ✔ Equal |
LGBT blood donation regulations | ✖ Banned (indefinite deferral) |
LGBT conversion therapy regulations | Ambiguous |
LGBT discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
LGBT employment discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
LGBT gender changing rights | ✔ Legal, surgery not required |
LGBT homosexuality rights | ✔ Legal |
LGBT housing discrimination legality | ✖ No protections |
LGBT marriage rights | ✔ Legal |
Tolerance towards minorities [score] | 0.64 |
Elevation (hills or mountains) [score] | 0.49 |
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Median peak in meters | 1554.29 |
Presence of hills in city | 1.00 |
Presence of mountains in city | 1.00 |
Seaside access | 1.00 |
Urban area elevation (meters) | 31.00 |
Water access [score] | 0.58 |
Costs of living in Anchorage are in the most expensive 10 percent of all 248 Teleport cities and the 10th most expensive in the United States. Moving to Anchorage will very likely increase your daily costs of living. Sign up for free to get access to our cost of living index and use our international cost of living calculator to do cost comparison by city.
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The overall crime rate puts Anchorage in position 195 of 266 Teleport Cities in a ranking for the safest cities.
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Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska, located in the Southcentral region. Anchorage is a cosmopolitan port city with a population of over 300,000. It is a consolidated city-borough referred to as a municipality. The urbanized city is defined by Muldoon Road to the east, Rabbit Creek Road to the south, and Cook Inlet to the north and west. Several small suburbs are within the Municipality of Anchorage while physically outside what most Anchorageites would call the "Anchorage" proper area. These include Eagle River and Chugiak to the north and Girdwood to the south.
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