Anchor Point vs Ridgeway

A side-by-side comparison of Anchor Point and Ridgeway: population, income, housing, and more.

Anchor Point and Ridgeway are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Anchor Point has the higher population (2,291 vs 2,174 in Ridgeway). Ridgeway has the higher median household income ($95,000 vs $63,382 in Anchor Point). Ridgeway has the higher median home value ($305,000 vs $235,200 in Anchor Point).

Population, income & housing

	Anchor Point	Ridgeway
Population	2,291	2,174
Median age	51.4 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,382	$95,000
Median home value	$235,200	$305,000
Median gross rent	$1,167	—
Housing units	1,435	1,199
Homeownership rate	82.1%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anchor Point	Ridgeway
Population	2,129 → 2,291 (+7.6%)	2,702 → 2,174 (-19.5%)
Median household income	$58,636 → $63,382 (+8.1%)	$91,029 → $95,000 (+4.4%)
Median home value	$189,000 → $235,200 (+24.4%)	$257,400 → $305,000 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,167 (+25.5%)	—

Anchor Point

Population

2,1292,291

Median household income

$58,636$63,382

Median home value

$189,000$235,200

Median gross rent

$930$1,167

Ridgeway

Population

2,7022,174

Median household income

$91,029$95,000

Median home value

$257,400$305,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anchor Point	Ridgeway
Under 5	2.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	15.3%
18 to 24	4.0%	1.9%
25 to 34	7.6%	7.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	15.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	17.2%	21.3%
65 to 74	17.3%	11.5%
75 and over	9.1%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anchor Point	Ridgeway
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	88.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	5.1%
Asian	1.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anchor Point	Ridgeway
No high school diploma	10.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	37.0%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anchor Point	Ridgeway
Drove alone	69.0%	60.2%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	25.6%
Other means	3.1%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anchor Point	Ridgeway
1-unit, detached	93.0%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Anchor Point	Ridgeway
Poverty rate	12.5%	9.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1991	1988