Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Lowest Property Taxes in Alaska
The counties where property tax takes the smallest share of a home's value. Several are in states with no income tax offset, and a handful are in Alaska boroughs where there is effectively no municipal levy at all.
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Alaska ranked
| # | County | Effective rate | Median home | Annual tax |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Copper River Census Area | 0.081% | $246,700 | $199 |
| 2 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 0.122% | $162,500 | $199 |
| 3 | Kusilvak Census Area | 0.274% | $72,700 | $199 |
| 4 | Skagway Municipality | 0.342% | $430,000 | $1,472 |
| 5 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 0.416% | $278,300 | $1,159 |
| 6 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 0.470% | $221,800 | $1,043 |
| 7 | Sitka City and Borough | 0.472% | $442,100 | $2,086 |
| 8 | Wrangell City and Borough | 0.620% | $289,700 | $1,795 |
| 9 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 0.664% | $297,500 | $1,974 |
| 10 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 0.683% | $379,000 | $2,588 |
| 11 | Petersburg Borough | 0.686% | $301,300 | $2,066 |
| 12 | Aleutians West Census Area | 0.708% | $419,100 | $2,969 |
| 13 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 0.712% | $262,800 | $1,871 |
| 14 | Bristol Bay Borough | 0.716% | $269,800 | $1,933 |
| 15 | Yakutat City and Borough | 0.762% | $185,000 | $1,410 |
| 16 | Haines Borough | 0.802% | $318,900 | $2,558 |
| 17 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 0.862% | $87,800 | $757 |
| 18 | Chugach Census Area | 0.917% | $330,900 | $3,033 |
| 19 | Kodiak Island Borough | 0.917% | $382,700 | $3,509 |
| 20 | Juneau City and Borough | 0.934% | $432,500 | $4,039 |
| 21 | North Slope Borough | 0.948% | $219,600 | $2,082 |
| 22 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 1.100% | $319,200 | $3,512 |
| 23 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 1.264% | $282,500 | $3,570 |
| 24 | Anchorage Municipality | 1.294% | $375,900 | $4,865 |
| 25 | Nome Census Area | 1.547% | $201,000 | $3,110 |
| 26 | Dillingham Census Area | 1.755% | $163,800 | $2,875 |
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
Lowest Property Taxes across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Alaska