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United StatesRankingsAlaska Counties ranked 26 Data vintage ACS 2023 5-Year

Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Highest Property Taxes in Alaska

Effective property tax rate is median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value, the standard published measure. It is the fairest way to compare counties, because a low rate on an expensive house can still mean a very large bill.

Where does yours land? Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.

Alaska ranked

#County Effective rateMedian homeAnnual tax
1 Dillingham Census Area 1.755%$163,800$2,875
2 Nome Census Area 1.547%$201,000$3,110
3 Anchorage Municipality 1.294%$375,900$4,865
4 Fairbanks North Star Borough 1.264%$282,500$3,570
5 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 1.100%$319,200$3,512
6 North Slope Borough 0.948%$219,600$2,082
7 Juneau City and Borough 0.934%$432,500$4,039
8 Chugach Census Area 0.917%$330,900$3,033
9 Kodiak Island Borough 0.917%$382,700$3,509
10 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 0.862%$87,800$757
11 Haines Borough 0.802%$318,900$2,558
12 Yakutat City and Borough 0.762%$185,000$1,410
13 Bristol Bay Borough 0.716%$269,800$1,933
14 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 0.712%$262,800$1,871
15 Aleutians West Census Area 0.708%$419,100$2,969
16 Petersburg Borough 0.686%$301,300$2,066
17 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 0.683%$379,000$2,588
18 Kenai Peninsula Borough 0.664%$297,500$1,974
19 Wrangell City and Borough 0.620%$289,700$1,795
20 Sitka City and Borough 0.472%$442,100$2,086
21 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 0.470%$221,800$1,043
22 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 0.416%$278,300$1,159
23 Skagway Municipality 0.342%$430,000$1,472
24 Kusilvak Census Area 0.274%$72,700$199
25 Northwest Arctic Borough 0.122%$162,500$199
26 Copper River Census Area 0.081%$246,700$199

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 6.76%. 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 Property Taxes across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Alaska

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