Alaska Affordable Communities to Rent

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

2021 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 2021. 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.

2021 United States Median Rent

LocationMonthly RentHousehold IncomeRent / IncomeVacancy**2021 Unemployment
United States$1,163$3,71731.3%5.7%5.3%
Source: US Census Bureau - ACS 5 Yr 2021
**Bureau of Labor Statistics - Annual Unemployment Average for 2021

2021 Alaska Median Rent

LocationMonthly RentHousehold IncomeRent / IncomeVacancy**2021 Unemployment
Alaska$1,279$4,66427.4%7.9%6.4%
Source: US Census Bureau - ACS 5 Yr 2021
**Bureau of Labor Statistics - Annual Unemployment Average for 2021

Communities in Alaska

RankStateCountyPopulation Monthly RentHousehold
Income
Rent /
Income
Vacancy**2021
Unemployment
1AKNorthwest
Arctic
Borough
10,865$1,039$6,62615.7%5.0%11.5%
2AKAleutians
East
Borough
3,409$1,066$5,94717.9%4.9%2.3%
3AKBristol
Bay
Borough
849$1,160$6,14618.9%14.5%5.6%
4AKSoutheast
Fairbanks
Census
Area
1,329$1,071$5,52119.4%7.1%6.6%
5AKMatanuska-Susitna
Borough
986$779$3,95819.7%13.8%6.8%
6AKYakutat Borough562$1,217$6,09420.0%9.8%7.1%
7AKPetersburg
Census
Area
7,776$1,266$6,21720.4%1.7%7.0%
8AKAleutians
West
Census
Area
5,251$1,612$7,55321.3%2.3%3.6%
9AKDenali Borough2,187$983$4,27123.0%16.7%10.1%
10AKLake
and
Peninsula
Borough
8,354$763$3,22923.6%2.2%8.9%
11AKNorth
Slope
Borough
10,070$1,257$5,29123.8%2.5%6.3%
12AKSitka Borough5,886$823$3,43324.0%10.4%4.5%
13AKChugach
Census
Area
7,015$1,232$5,14224.0%10.0%6.7%
14AKDillingham
Census
Area
4,899$1,049$4,09725.6%5.0%8.2%
15AKYukon-Koyukuk
Census
Area
5,433$817$3,16925.8%7.7%12.4%
16AKJuneau Borough32,240$1,319$5,11225.8%3.1%4.7%
17AKHoonah-Angoon
Census
Area
2,327$1,102$4,10226.9%8.1%9.3%
18AKKodiak
Island
Borough
13,218$1,483$5,43827.3%10.2%6.4%
19AKSkagway
Municipality
8,518$1,232$4,47927.5%5.5%14.2%
20AKAnchorage
Borough
292,545$1,350$4,84527.9%8.8%5.8%
21AKFairbanks
North
Star
Borough
97,149$1,321$4,64728.4%9.7%5.0%
22AKWrangell
City
and
Borough
2,162$938$3,27628.6%10.5%7.5%
23AKBethel
Census
Area
18,514$1,402$4,88028.7%5.4%13.1%
24AKKenai
Peninsula
Borough
58,711$1,081$3,66329.5%6.7%7.3%
25AKKetchikan
Gateway
Borough
13,939$1,235$4,05030.5%7.5%7.4%
26AKPrince
of
Wales-Hyder
Census
Area
3,368$974$3,14631.0%14.6%8.0%
27AKNome Census Area106,807$1,167$3,73331.3%6.0%9.7%
28AKCopper
River
Census
Area
2,635$780$2,27834.2%11.0%8.9%
Source: US Census Bureau - ACS 5 Yr 2021
**Bureau of Labor Statistics - Annual Unemployment Average for 2021

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