What is the median rent in Anchor Point, AK?

The median gross rent in Anchor Point, AK is $1,120 (±$307) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 151 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Anchor Point, the median gross rent went from $930 in 2015–2019 to $1,120 in 2020–2024 (+20.4%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

Figures last updated on .

Median gross rent
$1,120 (±$307)
Rented homes
151 (±70)
$2,000 or more
0.0%
Since 2015–2019
+20.4%

How much rent costs in Anchor Point

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rentAnchor PointKenai Peninsula BoroughAlaskaUnited States
Less than $5006.6% (±9.2 points)7.3%4.7%6.3%
$500 to $99935.8% (±16.7 points)26.9%16.5%20.2%
$1,000 to $1,49954.3% (±20.6 points)37.5%34.4%28.1%
$1,500 to $1,9993.3% (±5.4 points)19.8%24.4%21.1%
$2,000 to $2,4990.0% (±15.2 points)4.9%12.0%12.0%
$2,500 to $2,9990.0% (±15.2 points)2.1%5.6%5.5%
$3,000 or more0.0% (±15.2 points)1.5%2.4%6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 54.3% of renting households.

0.0% of rented homes in Anchor Point cost $2,000 or more a month.

Anchor Point against Kenai Peninsula Borough, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
Anchor PointKenai Peninsula BoroughAlaskaUnited States
Median gross rent$1,120 (±$307)$1,184 (±$52)$1,419 (±$23)$1,413
Rented homes paying rent151 (±70)4,966 (±385)81,827 (±1,784)42,849,984

In Anchor Point, median gross rent is not measurably different from Kenai Peninsula Borough ($1,184).

It is not measurably different from Alaska ($1,419).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

In Kenai Peninsula Borough, Anchor Point ranks 10 of 14 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 65 of 129.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Anchor Point has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
2015–20192020–2024Amount of changeVerdict
Median gross rent$930 (±$68)$1,120 (±$307)+20.4%No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent11.4% (±3.1 points)19.3% (±5.5 points)+7.9 percentage pointsMeasurable increase
Rental vacancy rate10.5% (±12.7 points)0.0% (±11.7 points)−10.5 percentage pointsNot a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Anchor Point

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Anchor Point
PlaceDistanceMedian gross rentCompared with this place
Anchor Point—$1,120 (±$307)—
Diamond Ridge5.8 mi$1,273 (±$324)Not measurably different
Homer9.4 mi$1,238 (±$58)Not measurably different
Kachemak10 mi$1,185 (±$115)Not measurably different
Fritz Creek14 mi$1,125 (±$215)Not measurably different
Seldovia21 mi$583 (±$299)Lower
Kalifornsky51 mi$1,394 (±$92)Not measurably different
Soldotna55 mi$1,020 (±$105)Not measurably different
Kenai59 mi$1,138 (±$103)Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Seldovia, AK ($583).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Kenai Peninsula Borough, place by place

RankPlaceMedian gross rent
4Sterling$1,248 (±$480)
5Homer$1,238 (±$58)
6Kachemak$1,185 (±$115)
7Kenai$1,138 (±$103)
8Seward$1,132 (±$198)
9Fritz Creek$1,125 (±$215)
10Anchor Point$1,120 (±$307)
11Soldotna$1,020 (±$105)
12Nikiski$996 (±$238)
13Salamatof$775 (±$431)
14Seldovia$583 (±$299)

Showing 11 of 14 places in Kenai Peninsula Borough, ranked from highest to lowest.

Anchor Point is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Anchor Point

What is the average rent in Anchor Point, AK?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Anchor Point is $1,120 (±$307) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Anchor Point?

In Anchor Point, the median gross rent went from $930 in 2015–2019 to $1,120 in 2020–2024 (+20.4%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years; the change is not measurably different from the rise in prices.

How many rentals in Anchor Point cost more than $2,000 a month?

0.0% of rented homes in Anchor Point have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 6.6% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Anchor Point higher than in Kenai Peninsula Borough?

In Anchor Point, median gross rent is not measurably different from Kenai Peninsula Borough ($1,184).

It is not measurably different from Alaska ($1,419).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Anchor Point CDP, Alaska (place:03110, in state:02).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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