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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Counties Where Owning Costs Less Than Renting in Alaska

Counties where the full monthly cost of owning the median home comes in below median rent, even after tax, insurance, utilities and maintenance. These are the places where buying is cheapest relative to the local rental market.

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

Alaska ranked

#County Monthly saved by owningMedian rentMonthly to own
1 Kusilvak Census Area $113$832$719
2 Northwest Arctic Borough $38$1,336$1,298
3 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area $30$893$863
4 Yakutat City and Borough $-267$1,276$1,543
5 Dillingham Census Area $-444$1,085$1,529
6 Nome Census Area $-460$1,328$1,788
7 North Slope Borough $-655$1,167$1,822
8 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area $-779$1,304$2,083
9 Bristol Bay Borough $-815$1,318$2,133
10 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area $-835$915$1,750
11 Copper River Census Area $-867$973$1,840
12 Fairbanks North Star Borough $-927$1,424$2,351
13 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area $-1,137$986$2,123
14 Petersburg Borough $-1,139$1,208$2,347
15 Kenai Peninsula Borough $-1,152$1,163$2,315
16 Wrangell City and Borough $-1,203$1,047$2,250
17 Chugach Census Area $-1,221$1,397$2,618
18 Aleutians West Census Area $-1,295$1,886$3,181
19 Kodiak Island Borough $-1,322$1,669$2,991
20 Matanuska-Susitna Borough $-1,325$1,258$2,583
21 Ketchikan Gateway Borough $-1,503$1,388$2,891
22 Haines Borough $-1,587$914$2,501
23 Anchorage Municipality $-1,608$1,453$3,061
24 Juneau City and Borough $-1,894$1,462$3,356
25 Skagway Municipality $-1,898$1,228$3,126
26 Sitka City and Borough $-1,905$1,350$3,255

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

Counties Where Owning Costs Less Than Renting across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Alaska

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