Alaska county equivalents: highest median gross rents

Ranked observations

0 county equivalents excluded for unavailable median gross rent; ties in the unrounded published values resolve by ascending GEOID. All available observations are shown.

Highest median gross rents in Alaska
Rank	County equivalent	GEOID	Median gross rent
1	Aleutians West Census Area	02016	$1,982 (±$160 ACS 90% MOE)
2	Kodiak Island Borough	02150	$1,765 (±$322 ACS 90% MOE)
3	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	02130	$1,505 (±$94 ACS 90% MOE)
4	Anchorage Municipality	02020	$1,489 (±$38 ACS 90% MOE)
5	Bethel Census Area	02050	$1,474 (±$103 ACS 90% MOE)
6	Fairbanks North Star Borough	02090	$1,459 (±$45 ACS 90% MOE)
7	Juneau City and Borough	02110	$1,444 (±$58 ACS 90% MOE)
8	Nome Census Area	02180	$1,394 (±$172 ACS 90% MOE)
9	Chugach Census Area	02063	$1,369 (±$80 ACS 90% MOE)
10	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	02240	$1,351 (±$208 ACS 90% MOE)
11	Northwest Arctic Borough	02188	$1,350 (±$151 ACS 90% MOE)
12	Sitka City and Borough	02220	$1,341 (±$99 ACS 90% MOE)
13	Yakutat City and Borough	02282	$1,330 (±$66 ACS 90% MOE)
14	Bristol Bay Borough	02060	$1,317 (±$95 ACS 90% MOE)
15	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	02170	$1,299 (±$55 ACS 90% MOE)
16	Skagway Municipality	02230	$1,280 (±$119 ACS 90% MOE)
17	North Slope Borough	02185	$1,254 (±$134 ACS 90% MOE)
18	Kenai Peninsula Borough	02122	$1,184 (±$52 ACS 90% MOE)
19	Dillingham Census Area	02070	$1,105 (±$82 ACS 90% MOE)
20	Copper River Census Area	02066	$1,089 (±$164 ACS 90% MOE)
21	Haines Borough	02100	$1,087 (±$162 ACS 90% MOE)
22	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	02290	$1,084 (±$114 ACS 90% MOE)
23	Hoonah-Angoon Census Area	02105	$1,014 (±$415 ACS 90% MOE)
24	Wrangell City and Borough	02275	$993 (±$96 ACS 90% MOE)
25	Aleutians East Borough	02013	$979 (±$90 ACS 90% MOE)
26	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	02198	$964 (±$77 ACS 90% MOE)
27	Petersburg Borough	02195	$950 (±$151 ACS 90% MOE)
28	Lake and Peninsula Borough	02164	$936 (±$188 ACS 90% MOE)
29	Kusilvak Census Area	02158	$833 (±$68 ACS 90% MOE)
30	Denali Borough	02068	$825 (±$147 ACS 90% MOE)

Method and provenance

ACS 2024 five-year survey estimates (2020–2024), not current prices. Direct estimates may have 90% margins of error shown where available. The home-value-to-income ratio and renter cost-burden rate are derived; no MOE is calculated for either. Missing or suppressed values are unavailable, not zero. County equivalent rankings are descriptive, not an affordability or suitability recommendation. Alaska has boroughs, census areas and municipalities as Census county equivalents, not counties; census areas are statistical rather than organized borough governments.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 five-year estimates. Validated Alaska bundle provenance, source snapshot and checksums. Alaska county equivalent map and full table.