#1Kotzebue
Northwest Arctic Borough · 2,876 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.07% of the median home value
Kotzebue, #1 on this list · Photo: Petty Officer 1st Class Shawn Eggert · Public domainAlaska rankings · Property tax
Towns with the lowest property taxes in Alaska
Kotzebue has the lowest property-tax bills of Alaska’s 39 towns of 2,500+: homeowners’ median bill is $199 a year (Census ACS 2020–2024). The typical town’s median bill here is $3,313.
Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024: the median yearly real-estate tax bill homeowners pay. The survey reports bills of $10,000 or more only as “$10,000+”, so those towns are listed below the list, not ranked. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#1$199
#2Soldotna
Kenai Peninsula Borough · 4,615 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.47% of the median home value
#3Kenai
Kenai Peninsula Borough · 7,924 peopleMedian yearly bill·0.57% of the median home value
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Which Alaska town has the lowest property taxes?
Kotzebue (Northwest Arctic Borough): homeowners’ median bill is $199 a year. Soldotna ($1,425) and Kenai ($1,631) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the median yearly property-tax bill homeowners report to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), lowest first. Towns with the same bill share a rank (T). The share of home value is the bill divided by the median home value, both from the survey. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers the towns of 2,500+ that TownRatings grades with a reported bill under $10,000 (39 in Alaska); bills of $10,000+ can’t be told apart, so those towns are listed separately. Smaller towns show their bill on their Cost of living page. Every town is on the Alaska page.
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