Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Lowest Salary Needed to Buy a Home in Alaska
The counties where an ordinary income still buys the median home outright by the 28% rule, with the whole monthly bill counted: tax, insurance, utilities and maintenance included, not just the loan payment.
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Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.
Alaska ranked
| # | County | Income needed | Monthly to own | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kusilvak Census Area | $31,500 | $731 | $72,700 |
| 2 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | $37,500 | $876 | $87,800 |
| 3 | Northwest Arctic Borough | $56,500 | $1,319 | $162,500 |
| 4 | Dillingham Census Area | $66,500 | $1,551 | $163,800 |
| 5 | Yakutat City and Borough | $67,000 | $1,568 | $185,000 |
| 6 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | $76,000 | $1,778 | $221,800 |
| 7 | Nome Census Area | $78,000 | $1,814 | $201,000 |
| 8 | North Slope Borough | $79,500 | $1,850 | $219,600 |
| 9 | Copper River Census Area | $80,000 | $1,871 | $246,700 |
| 10 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | $90,500 | $2,116 | $262,800 |
| 11 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | $92,500 | $2,158 | $278,300 |
| 12 | Bristol Bay Borough | $93,000 | $2,167 | $269,800 |
| 13 | Wrangell City and Borough | $98,000 | $2,286 | $289,700 |
| 14 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | $101,000 | $2,352 | $297,500 |
| 15 | Petersburg Borough | $102,000 | $2,385 | $301,300 |
| 16 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | $102,500 | $2,387 | $282,500 |
| 17 | Haines Borough | $109,000 | $2,541 | $318,900 |
| 18 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | $112,500 | $2,622 | $319,200 |
| 19 | Chugach Census Area | $114,000 | $2,659 | $330,900 |
| 20 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | $126,000 | $2,937 | $379,000 |
| 21 | Kodiak Island Borough | $130,000 | $3,038 | $382,700 |
| 22 | Anchorage Municipality | $133,000 | $3,107 | $375,900 |
| 23 | Skagway Municipality | $136,000 | $3,178 | $430,000 |
| 24 | Aleutians West Census Area | $138,500 | $3,232 | $419,100 |
| 25 | Sitka City and Borough | $142,000 | $3,309 | $442,100 |
| 26 | Juneau City and Borough | $146,000 | $3,409 | $432,500 |
Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.24%. 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 Salary Needed to Buy a Home across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Alaska