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Alaska property tax by borough or census area

Typical rates and bills for every borough or census area, from the Census survey 2020-2024.

Typical rate1.10%ranks 16 of 51
Typical yearly bill$3,901US $3,119
State income taxNonetax year 2026
State sales taxNonebefore local taxes

Property tax in Alaska, in plain words

Homeowners in Alaska pay a typical 1.10% of their home's value in property tax each year, above the national figure of 0.94%. On the median home, worth $352,900, that comes to about $3,901 a year. Alaska ranks 16th highest of the 50 states and DC by rate.

Rates vary across the state. Dillingham Census Area has the highest typical rate at 1.72%, and Copper River Census Area the lowest at 0.07%. The table below lists every county, and each one has its own page with a calculator.

Alaska has no broad state income tax. The state sales tax rate is zero. The typical property tax bill equals about 4.2% of median household income in Alaska.

Every borough or census area in Alaska

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Borough or census areaTypical rateTypical billMedian home value
Aleutians East Borough0.15%$199$135,500
Aleutians West Census Area0.71%$3,090$434,700
Anchorage Municipality1.26%$4,982$395,900
Bethel Census Area0.12%$199$168,100
Bristol Bay Borough0.83%$2,045$245,800
Chugach Census Area0.98%$3,379$346,200
Copper River Census Area0.07%$199$292,800
Denali Boroughn/an/a$275,000
Dillingham Census Area1.72%$2,738$159,000
Fairbanks North Star Borough1.19%$3,550$298,200
Haines Borough0.83%$2,445$293,300
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area0.43%$1,136$262,800
Juneau City and Borough0.95%$4,251$449,300
Kenai Peninsula Borough0.63%$2,049$323,200
Ketchikan Gateway Borough0.67%$2,619$393,300
Kodiak Island Borough0.87%$3,569$412,300
Kusilvak Census Area0.24%$199$84,300
Lake and Peninsula Boroughn/an/a$237,500
Matanuska-Susitna Borough1.06%$3,685$346,600
Nome Census Area1.54%$3,264$211,200
North Slope Borough1.06%$2,305$218,300
Northwest Arctic Borough0.10%$199$199,100
Petersburg Borough0.60%$1,896$315,100
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area0.51%$1,139$225,300
Sitka City and Borough0.46%$2,080$450,300
Skagway Municipality0.38%$1,634$435,400
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area1.19%$3,350$282,000
Wrangell City and Borough0.56%$1,673$296,400
Yakutat City and Borough0.67%$1,463$219,400
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area1.13%$1,109$98,500