Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Highest Salary Needed to Buy a Home in Alaska
What a household has to earn to buy the county's own median home under the standard 28% rule, meaning housing costs at no more than 28% of gross income, counting the full monthly bill rather than just the mortgage. These are the counties where the entry ticket is steepest.
Alaska ranked
| # | County | Income needed | Monthly to own | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juneau City and Borough | $144,000 | $3,356 | $432,500 |
| 2 | Sitka City and Borough | $139,500 | $3,255 | $442,100 |
| 3 | Aleutians West Census Area | $136,500 | $3,181 | $419,100 |
| 4 | Skagway Municipality | $134,000 | $3,126 | $430,000 |
| 5 | Anchorage Municipality | $131,000 | $3,061 | $375,900 |
| 6 | Kodiak Island Borough | $128,000 | $2,991 | $382,700 |
| 7 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | $124,000 | $2,891 | $379,000 |
| 8 | Chugach Census Area | $112,000 | $2,618 | $330,900 |
| 9 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | $110,500 | $2,583 | $319,200 |
| 10 | Haines Borough | $107,000 | $2,501 | $318,900 |
| 11 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | $101,000 | $2,351 | $282,500 |
| 12 | Petersburg Borough | $100,500 | $2,347 | $301,300 |
| 13 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | $99,000 | $2,315 | $297,500 |
| 14 | Wrangell City and Borough | $96,500 | $2,250 | $289,700 |
| 15 | Bristol Bay Borough | $91,500 | $2,133 | $269,800 |
| 16 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | $91,000 | $2,123 | $278,300 |
| 17 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | $89,500 | $2,083 | $262,800 |
| 18 | Copper River Census Area | $79,000 | $1,840 | $246,700 |
| 19 | North Slope Borough | $78,000 | $1,822 | $219,600 |
| 20 | Nome Census Area | $76,500 | $1,788 | $201,000 |
| 21 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | $75,000 | $1,750 | $221,800 |
| 22 | Yakutat City and Borough | $66,000 | $1,543 | $185,000 |
| 23 | Dillingham Census Area | $65,500 | $1,529 | $163,800 |
| 24 | Northwest Arctic Borough | $55,500 | $1,298 | $162,500 |
| 25 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | $37,000 | $863 | $87,800 |
| 26 | Kusilvak Census Area | $31,000 | $719 | $72,700 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.
Nationwide
Highest Salary Needed to Buy a Home across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Alaska