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Ranked from ACS 2023 5-Year

Counties Where Utilities Cost More Than Property Tax in Alaska

Property tax gets all the attention, but in much of the country the electricity and water bill is the larger line item. These are the counties where the gap is widest, using state residential electricity prices from the EIA.

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

Alaska ranked

#County Utilities over taxEffective rateMedian home
1 Northwest Arctic Borough $2180.122%$162,500
2 Kusilvak Census Area $2180.274%$72,700
3 Copper River Census Area $2180.081%$246,700
4 Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area $1720.862%$87,800
5 Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area $1480.470%$221,800
6 Hoonah-Angoon Census Area $1380.416%$278,300
7 Yakutat City and Borough $1170.762%$185,000
8 Skagway Municipality $1120.342%$430,000
9 Wrangell City and Borough $850.620%$289,700
10 Southeast Fairbanks Census Area $790.712%$262,800
11 Bristol Bay Borough $740.716%$269,800
12 Kenai Peninsula Borough $700.664%$297,500
13 Petersburg Borough $620.686%$301,300
14 North Slope Borough $610.948%$219,600
15 Sitka City and Borough $610.472%$442,100
16 Haines Borough $220.802%$318,900
17 Ketchikan Gateway Borough $190.683%$379,000
18 Dillingham Census Area $-51.755%$163,800
19 Aleutians West Census Area $-130.708%$419,100
20 Chugach Census Area $-180.917%$330,900
21 Nome Census Area $-241.547%$201,000
22 Kodiak Island Borough $-580.917%$382,700
23 Matanuska-Susitna Borough $-581.100%$319,200
24 Fairbanks North Star Borough $-631.264%$282,500
25 Juneau City and Borough $-1020.934%$432,500
26 Anchorage Municipality $-1711.294%$375,900

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 Utilities Cost More Than Property Tax across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Alaska

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