Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year
Lowest Rents in Alaska
Median gross rent by county, lowest first, including the utilities a tenant pays. Set these against the monthly cost to own the same county's median home: where the two are close, buying is not the stretch it looks like.
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Alaska ranked
| # | County | Median rent | Monthly to own | Median home |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kusilvak Census Area | $832 | $719 | $72,700 |
| 2 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | $893 | $863 | $87,800 |
| 3 | Haines Borough | $914 | $2,501 | $318,900 |
| 4 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | $915 | $1,750 | $221,800 |
| 5 | Copper River Census Area | $973 | $1,840 | $246,700 |
| 6 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | $986 | $2,123 | $278,300 |
| 7 | Wrangell City and Borough | $1,047 | $2,250 | $289,700 |
| 8 | Dillingham Census Area | $1,085 | $1,529 | $163,800 |
| 9 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | $1,163 | $2,315 | $297,500 |
| 10 | North Slope Borough | $1,167 | $1,822 | $219,600 |
| 11 | Petersburg Borough | $1,208 | $2,347 | $301,300 |
| 12 | Skagway Municipality | $1,228 | $3,126 | $430,000 |
| 13 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | $1,258 | $2,583 | $319,200 |
| 14 | Yakutat City and Borough | $1,276 | $1,543 | $185,000 |
| 15 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | $1,304 | $2,083 | $262,800 |
| 16 | Bristol Bay Borough | $1,318 | $2,133 | $269,800 |
| 17 | Nome Census Area | $1,328 | $1,788 | $201,000 |
| 18 | Northwest Arctic Borough | $1,336 | $1,298 | $162,500 |
| 19 | Sitka City and Borough | $1,350 | $3,255 | $442,100 |
| 20 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | $1,388 | $2,891 | $379,000 |
| 21 | Chugach Census Area | $1,397 | $2,618 | $330,900 |
| 22 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | $1,424 | $2,351 | $282,500 |
| 23 | Anchorage Municipality | $1,453 | $3,061 | $375,900 |
| 24 | Juneau City and Borough | $1,462 | $3,356 | $432,500 |
| 25 | Kodiak Island Borough | $1,669 | $2,991 | $382,700 |
| 26 | Aleutians West Census Area | $1,886 | $3,181 | $419,100 |
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 Rents across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Alaska