Alaska Affordable Communities to Rent

Legend for Rent/Income ratios
*Low Vacancy 28% or less 29-30% 31‑32% 33‑34% 35% or more

2022 Median Rent to Income by Communities in Alaska

We have organized the results by most affordable communities regardless of size. You can compare the cost of living along with availability of housing and employment in each community. Conditions may change in the economy and housing market of a local community since the census data we use is from the latest five year community survey from 2022. Use the information for ideas on where to look and investigate further for communities in Alaska that maybe of interest to you. We are showing you monthly figures for median rent to renters median household income.
*We do not display counties where the vacancy rate is below 1.5% or in very few cases where renter household income is not available.

2022 United States Median Rent

LocationMonthly RentHousehold IncomeRent / IncomeVacancy**2022 Unemployment
United States$1,268$4,07031.2%5.5%3.6%
Source: US Census Bureau - ACS 5 Yr 2022
**Bureau of Labor Statistics - Annual Unemployment Average for 2022

2022 Alaska Median Rent

LocationMonthly RentHousehold IncomeRent / IncomeVacancy**2022 Unemployment
Alaska$1,345$5,01626.8%7.8%4.0%
Source: US Census Bureau - ACS 5 Yr 2022
**Bureau of Labor Statistics - Annual Unemployment Average for 2022

Communities in Alaska

RankStateCountyPopulation Monthly RentHousehold
Income
Rent /
Income
Vacancy**2022
Unemployment
1AKBristol
Bay
Borough
854$1,183$8,33314.2%13.2%4.3%
2AKAleutians
East
Borough
3,407$1,035$6,87515.1%4.1%2.0%
3AKSoutheast
Fairbanks
Census
Area
1,303$1,044$6,19816.8%7.4%5.2%
4AKNorthwest
Arctic
Borough
10,924$1,231$7,10417.3%4.5%9.0%
5AKYakutat Borough564$1,304$7,29217.9%11.3%5.1%
6AKMatanuska-Susitna
Borough
999$933$5,15618.1%14.4%4.6%
7AKCopper
River
Census
Area
2,614$877$4,62519.0%8.3%9.3%
8AKAleutians
West
Census
Area
5,219$1,672$8,30420.1%3.4%3.1%
9AKDillingham
Census
Area
4,854$1,106$5,28720.9%4.8%5.6%
10AKHoonah-Angoon
Census
Area
2,329$996$4,39922.6%8.9%5.6%
11AKNorth
Slope
Borough
10,018$1,349$5,83623.1%2.1%5.0%
12AKYukon-Koyukuk
Census
Area
5,355$906$3,85423.5%6.3%7.9%
13AKChugach
Census
Area
7,000$1,364$5,68624.0%7.2%2.9%
14AKSitka Borough5,799$883$3,66024.1%9.7%2.8%
15AKKodiak
Island
Borough
13,065$1,646$6,49425.3%9.5%4.3%
16AKJuneau Borough32,108$1,464$5,60726.1%3.3%2.8%
17AKFairbanks
North
Star
Borough
96,299$1,360$4,99827.2%9.4%3.7%
18AKBethel
Census
Area
18,538$1,408$5,14427.4%3.8%8.8%
19AKWrangell
City
and
Borough
2,134$966$3,51527.5%8.1%5.1%
20AKKetchikan
Gateway
Borough
13,910$1,275$4,62027.6%7.0%3.8%
21AKAnchorage
Borough
290,674$1,405$5,08827.6%9.1%3.3%
22AKSkagway
Municipality
8,462$1,309$4,66228.1%6.2%6.7%
23AKKenai
Peninsula
Borough
59,235$1,126$3,99128.2%5.9%4.5%
24AKNome Census Area108,661$1,242$4,35128.5%5.1%6.9%
25AKPrince
of
Wales-Hyder
Census
Area
3,374$1,074$3,07934.9%16.7%5.5%
Source: US Census Bureau - ACS 5 Yr 2022
**Bureau of Labor Statistics - Annual Unemployment Average for 2022

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