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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.

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

Alaska ranked

#County Median rentMonthly to ownMedian 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

Other rankings

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