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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Lowest Costs Beyond the Mortgage in Alaska

Where the mortgage is most of what owning costs, and everything else is a thin slice on top. These are the counties where a payoff changes the most: the share in the first column is roughly what you would still be paying every month with no mortgage left at all. Modelled at 20% down at the rate this site currently uses, so the share moves with both.

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

Alaska ranked

#County Share beyond mortgageMonthly beyond mortgageMonthly to own
1 Skagway Municipality 26.6%$831$3,126
2 Sitka City and Borough 27.5%$895$3,255
3 Copper River Census Area 28.4%$523$1,840
4 Aleutians West Census Area 29.7%$943$3,181
5 Ketchikan Gateway Borough 30.0%$868$2,891
6 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 30.0%$637$2,123
7 Juneau City and Borough 31.2%$1,047$3,356
8 Wrangell City and Borough 31.3%$703$2,250
9 Kenai Peninsula Borough 31.4%$727$2,315
10 Petersburg Borough 31.5%$739$2,347
11 Kodiak Island Borough 31.7%$948$2,991
12 Haines Borough 31.9%$799$2,501
13 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 32.3%$566$1,750
14 Bristol Bay Borough 32.5%$693$2,133
15 Chugach Census Area 32.5%$852$2,618
16 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 32.6%$680$2,083
17 Northwest Arctic Borough 33.1%$430$1,298
18 Matanuska-Susitna Borough 34.0%$879$2,583
19 Anchorage Municipality 34.4%$1,054$3,061
20 North Slope Borough 35.7%$650$1,822
21 Fairbanks North Star Borough 35.9%$843$2,351
22 Yakutat City and Borough 36.0%$556$1,543
23 Nome Census Area 40.0%$715$1,788
24 Dillingham Census Area 42.8%$655$1,529
25 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 45.7%$394$863
26 Kusilvak Census Area 46.0%$331$719

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

Lowest Costs Beyond the Mortgage across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Alaska

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