The Alaska cities with the strongest composite momentum scores.
Alaska cities ranked by our composite momentum score — recent price changes, distance from peak, and population growth.
Use this list as a within-state shortlist; for full data, open any city profile.
1Palmer, AKAnchorage · pop 6,62682Hot$432,736median home+10.1%home YoY 2Homer, AK · pop 6,13681Hot$420,370median home+12.7%home YoY 4Wasilla, AKAnchorage · pop 10,31876Rising$417,945median home+7.3%home YoY 5Sterling, AK · pop 5,91873Rising$346,309median home+5.9%home YoY 6Kenai, AK · pop 7,77069Rising$324,324median home+5.4%home YoY 7Ketchikan, AKKetchikan · pop 8,03368Rising$402,195median home+8.6%home YoY 8Anchorage, AKAnchorage · pop 289,60065Rising$414,014median home+4.0%home YoY 9Kodiak, AK · pop 5,39965Rising$444,217median home+7.4%home YoY 10Juneau, AKJuneau · pop 31,57263Rising$472,050median home+4.2%home YoY 11Fairbanks, AKFairbanks · pop 31,73256Stable$298,966median home+1.2%home YoY 12Sitka, AK · pop 8,35534Cooling$485,709median home-3.0%home YoY Sources: Zillow ZHVI, Zillow ZORI, US Census place population.