ALASKA PROPERTY TAX · 2026

Alaska property tax calculator

Alaska's effective property tax rate is 0.936%: owner-occupiers paid a median $3,901 a year on homes with a median value of $352,900. On a $300,000 home, that rate comes to $2,808.00 a year.

Property tax estimate

Property tax a year: $2,808.00
A month: $234.00
Rate: 0.936%, statewide

Alaska property tax by borough

Alaska property tax by borough — 2020-2024
Borough	Effective rate	Median tax	Median home value
Aleutians West Census Area	0.7%	$3,090	$434,700
Anchorage Municipality	1.172%	$4,982	$395,900
Bristol Bay Borough	0.435%	$2,045	$245,800
Chugach Census Area	0.911%	$3,379	$346,200
Copper River Census Area	0.042%	$199	$292,800
Denali Borough	0.144%	—	$275,000
Dillingham Census Area	0.465%	$2,738	$159,000
Fairbanks North Star Borough	1.11%	$3,550	$298,200
Haines Borough	0.691%	$2,445	$293,300
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	0.026%	$1,136	$262,800
Juneau City and Borough	0.878%	$4,251	$449,300
Kenai Peninsula Borough	0.536%	$2,049	$323,200
Ketchikan Gateway Borough	0.661%	$2,619	$393,300
Kodiak Island Borough	0.703%	$3,569	$412,300
Kusilvak Census Area	0.011%	$199	$84,300
Matanuska-Susitna Borough	0.899%	$3,685	$346,600
Nome Census Area	0.465%	$3,264	$211,200
North Slope Borough	0.489%	$2,305	$218,300
Northwest Arctic Borough	0.002%	$199	$199,100
Petersburg Borough	0.551%	$1,896	$315,100
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	0.094%	$1,139	$225,300
Sitka City and Borough	0.367%	$2,080	$450,300
Skagway Municipality	0.415%	$1,634	$435,400
Wrangell City and Borough	0.453%	$1,673	$296,400
Yakutat City and Borough	0.353%	$1,463	$219,400
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	0.06%	$1,109	$98,500

Alaska homestead exemption

Alaska exempts the first $150,000 of assessed value of the primary residence of an owner 65 or older, a disabled veteran, or a surviving spouse 60 or older.

This is the property tax homestead exemption, not the homestead exemption that protects a home from creditors in bankruptcy.

Alaska property tax questions

How much is property tax in Alaska?

Alaska's effective property tax rate is 0.936%: owner-occupiers paid a median $3,901 a year on homes with a median value of $352,900. On a $300,000 home, that rate comes to $2,808.00 a year.

Which borough in Alaska has the highest property tax?

Anchorage Municipality, with an effective rate of 1.172%; Northwest Arctic Borough has the lowest, at 0.002%. On a $300,000 home that is $3,516.00 a year in Anchorage Municipality and $6.00 in Northwest Arctic Borough.

Does Alaska have a homestead exemption?

Alaska exempts the first $150,000 of assessed value of the primary residence of an owner 65 or older, a disabled veteran, or a surviving spouse 60 or older. The calculator does not subtract it: the rates already reflect the exemptions owners received.

Why might a Alaska tax bill differ from this estimate?

The rate is what owner-occupiers in Alaska paid on average in 2020 through 2024, as a share of their homes' value. An actual bill depends on the home's assessed value, the levies where it sits and the exemptions its owner claims.

What the calculator leaves out

The rate is the total real estate tax owner-occupiers reported paying divided by the total value they reported for their homes, not a tax rate set by law.
The rate already reflects the exemptions, caps and credits typical owner-occupiers received, so the calculator does not subtract a homestead exemption again.
An actual bill depends on the home's assessed value, the levies where it sits and the exemptions its owner claims.
Survey estimates for small counties have wide margins of error.

Rates and medians are American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates: taxes owners paid in those years, not 2026 bills.

Sources

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