The median home value in Palmer, AK is $440,883 as of 2026-06-30, up 11.15% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$440,883
Year-over-Year
+11.15%
Population
6,533
Palmer ranks #2 of 8 Alaska cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 3.8% above the state's city median of $424,710. It sits in Matanuska Susitna Borough, where the county-wide median is $410,373.
Palmer police recorded a violent crime rate of 153 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 949 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
The median home value in Palmer is $440,883. That's up 11.15% from a year earlier. That is about 3.8% above the typical county in Alaska.
Homes in Palmer are more expensive than Matanuska Susitna Borough as a whole, where the median is $410,373 — a difference of about 7.4%.
Palmer police reported 153 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 6,533. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.