Safety, air quality and noise in Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska
Area scores as of 2026-08-01. Scores are area-level medians; individual properties vary.
Safety — higher is safer
Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska scores 8.9 out of 10 for safety, where higher is safer.
Measured figure: 20.0 violent offences per 10,000 residents.
Safety uses the FBI-reported violent-offence rate of 20 violent offences per 10,000 residents for Palmer Police Department, whose jurisdiction is city-wide rather than a neighbourhood, from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, latest published year.
Median across the 11 member areas; middle half 8.9 to 8.9.
Quiet — higher is quieter
Matanuska-Susitna County, Alaska scores 6.0 out of 10 for quiet, where higher is quieter.
Measured figure: 56.1 decibels (modelled).
Quiet uses a median of 56.1 decibels of modelled outdoor sound across the 4 of 11 Tracts in this city with published figures, a day-evening-night level taken at 4 member-area centroids from SpotCheck's traffic, railway and aircraft noise models, where a lower reading means a quieter area.
Median across the 11 member areas; middle half 5.0 to 6.9.
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