Alaska places ranked by rent burden
42 places in Alaska have a reliable estimate of rent burden (2020–2024 American Community Survey).
Highest figures: Seward (88.2%), Susitna North (87.6%), Eielson AFB (67.7%).
Lowest figure: Kotzebue (17.7%).
The figure for Alaska as a whole is 44.7% (±1.7 points).
Figures last updated on .
- Figure for Alaska as a whole
- 44.7% (±1.7 points)
- Places ranked
- 42
Alaska places ranked by rent burden
| Rank | Place | County | Renters paying 30% or more of income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seward | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 88.2% (±37.8 points) |
| 2 | Susitna North | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 87.6% (±37.6 points) |
| 3 | Eielson AFB | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 67.7% (±16.3 points) |
| 4 | Wasilla | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 64.8% (±11.5 points) |
| 5 | Kodiak Station | Kodiak Island Borough | 62.2% (±25.2 points) |
| 6 | Anchor Point | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 60.4% (±28.2 points) |
| 7 | Big Lake | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 58.7% (±25.4 points) |
| 8 | Fritz Creek | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 56.4% (±20.0 points) |
| 9 | South Lakes | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 56.2% (±17.7 points) |
| 10 | Palmer | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 55.4% (±8.8 points) |
| 11 | Meadow Lakes | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 53.4% (±11.3 points) |
| 12 | Homer | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 53.3% (±8.3 points) |
| 13 | Haines | Haines Borough | 52.9% (±17.5 points) |
| 14 | Knik-Fairview | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 52.5% (±13.3 points) |
| 15 | Houston | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 51.0% (±17.0 points) |
| 16 | Ketchikan | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 50.3% (±8.6 points) |
| 17 | Fairbanks | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 50.2% (±6.2 points) |
| 18 | Kalifornsky | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 49.6% (±22.8 points) |
| 19 | Skagway | Skagway Municipality | 47.1% (±16.3 points) |
| 20 | Sitka | Sitka City and Borough | 47.0% (±10.9 points) |
| 21 | Anchorage | Anchorage Municipality | 46.4% (±2.8 points) |
| 22 | College | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 46.2% (±13.5 points) |
| 23 | Butte | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 45.5% (±15.7 points) |
| 24 | Soldotna | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 45.3% (±13.0 points) |
| 25 | North Lakes | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 43.0% (±14.6 points) |
| 26 | North Pole | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 42.1% (±19.4 points) |
| 27 | Petersburg | Petersburg Borough | 41.8% (±11.7 points) |
| 28 | Craig | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 41.0% (±12.1 points) |
| 29 | Tanaina | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 40.8% (±13.4 points) |
| 30 | Juneau | Juneau City and Borough | 36.1% (±5.9 points) |
| 31 | Wrangell | Wrangell City and Borough | 34.5% (±9.9 points) |
| 32 | Valdez | Chugach Census Area | 32.8% (±12.5 points) |
| 33 | Utqiaġvik | North Slope Borough | 31.9% (±14.0 points) |
| 34 (tie) | Dillingham | Dillingham Census Area | 31.8% (±11.8 points) |
| 34 (tie) | Kenai | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 31.8% (±10.7 points) |
| 36 | Kodiak | Kodiak Island Borough | 30.9% (±10.7 points) |
| 37 | Klawock | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 30.8% (±12.5 points) |
| 38 | Unalaska | Aleutians West Census Area | 30.6% (±13.6 points) |
| 39 | Nome | Nome Census Area | 29.5% (±9.1 points) |
| 40 | Badger | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 24.5% (±10.5 points) |
| 41 | Bethel | Bethel Census Area | 21.2% (±7.6 points) |
| 42 | Kotzebue | Northwest Arctic Borough | 17.7% (±8.3 points) |
How this ranking is built
A place is included when its own page for this figure is published as reliable: a coefficient of variation of 30% or less and enough surveyed homes.
42 places qualify; the rest are on their own pages with their margins, but not ranked here.
The ranking orders the estimates alone: where two places’ margins of error overlap, their ranks may not truly differ, and places at the same published figure share a rank.
A median published as a bound (“$3,500 or more”) is placed at the bound; its true place may be higher.
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Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates).
Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.
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Questions about Alaska
Which place in Alaska has the highest rent burden?
Seward has the highest, 88.2% (±37.8 points) (2020–2024 American Community Survey).
Which place in Alaska has the lowest rent burden?
Kotzebue has the lowest, 17.7% (±8.3 points).
What is the rent burden in Alaska?
The figure for Alaska as a whole is 44.7% (±1.7 points).
Sources
- US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates; each place’s own table is linked from its page
- Selected Housing Characteristics (DP04), 2020–2024 ACS 5-year estimates — Alaska
This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
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 .