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Alaska Property & Real Estate Taxes

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$2,422.00

Median Property Tax In Alaska

1.04%

Median Property Tax
As Percentage Of Home Value

2.95%

Median Property Tax
As Percentage Of Income
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$232,900.00

Median Home Value In Alaska

$82,126.00

Median Income In Alaska

The median property tax in Alaska is $2,422.00 per year, based on a median home value of $232,900.00 and a median effective property tax rate of 1.04%. You can look up your recent appraisal by filling out the form below.

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Alaska's Median Property Tax Is Higher Than Average

13th out of 50

By median yearly property tax

20th out of 50

By percentage of median home value

22nd out of 50

By percentage of median income

Alaska collects relatively high property taxes, and is ranked in the top half of all states by property tax collections. Keep in mind that higher real estate taxes may be offset by lower state sales or income taxes. Higher property taxes in dollars may also be the result of higher property values than other states.

Alaska Property Taxes By County

While this page shows statewide Alaska property tax statistics, more precise property tax statistics can be found at county level. Alaska has a total of twenty nine counties, and each county has a unique process for assessing and calculating property tax.

If you would like to estimate the property tax on a home like yours in Alaska, enter your most recent property valuation in the property tax estimator below. Results are based on median taxes in all counties, and will open in a new page.

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All of the counties in Alaska are listed in the table below, sorted by median property tax from highest to lowest, left to right. Choose your county from the list below for more information about your local property tax. To compare property taxes in different counties, try out our interactive property tax map of Alaska.

Counties in Alaska
Anchorage Municipality Northwest Arctic Borough Juneau City and Borough Fairbanks North Star Borough
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Aleutians West Census Area Ketchikan Gateway Borough Dillingham Census Area
Petersburg Census Area Nome Census Area North Slope Borough Southeast Fairbanks Census Area
Kodiak Island Borough Valdez-Cordova Census Area Sitka City and Borough Bristol Bay Borough
Kenai Peninsula Borough Skagway Municipality Lake and Peninsula Borough Wrangell City and Borough
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area Haines Borough Yakutat City and Borough Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area Wade Hampton Census Area Denali Borough Bethel Census Area
Aleutians East Borough  

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Data Sources: Our property tax data is based on a 5-year study of median property tax rates conducted from 2006 through 2010.
United States Census Property Tax Data
U.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey, 2006-2010
The Tax Foundation Property Tax Data
The Tax Foundation
Property Tax Calculations, July 2012
alaska Property Tax Data
Alaska Department of Revenue
Tax Statistics & References