Property tax by ZIP code in Alaska
Enter an Alaska ZIP and see the median property tax paid, median home value, and effective tax rate from the 2020–2024 American Community Survey — plus how it compares to the Alaska state median.
Look up an Alaska ZIP code
Enter a 5-digit Alaska ZIP code above to see its property tax data.
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Alaska has no statewide property tax. The tax exists only where an organized borough or city chooses to levy it — much of the state sits in the unorganized borough with no general property tax at all. Where a borough does tax, the effective rate runs moderate to high (around 1.11% of value statewide), because Alaska has no state income or sales tax, so the boroughs that do tax lean heavily on property.
Enter a 5-digit Alaska ZIP to see its median property tax, median home value, and effective rate from the US Census American Community Survey 2020–2024 vintage, plus how it compares to the Alaska state and US national medians. The explainer below covers the borough-by-borough structure, full-and-true-value assessment as of January 1, the mandatory statewide senior and disabled-veteran exemption, and the optional municipal exemptions a borough may add.
How Alaska property tax works
Alaska has no statewide property tax. Authority to levy one rests entirely with local governments, so whether you owe anything depends on where you live: organized boroughs and cities may impose a property tax, while much of the state lies in the unorganized borough with no general property tax at all. The bulk of statewide collections comes from a handful of organized boroughs and municipalities — Anchorage, Fairbanks North Star, Matanuska-Susitna, Juneau, and Kenai Peninsula. Because Alaska has no state income tax and no statewide sales tax, the boroughs that do tax property lean on it heavily, which is why the effective rate runs moderate to high where it applies.
Where a property tax exists, municipalities assess property at full and true value (fair market value) as of January 1 under AS 29.45.110, and reassessment is annual and local. State law also mandates a statewide relief floor: under AS 29.45.030, every municipality must exempt the first $150,000 of assessed value of a primary residence for residents 65 or older, disabled veterans with a service-connected disability of 50% or more, and a 60-or-older widow or widower of someone who qualified.
On top of the mandatory exemption, AS 29.45.050 lets a municipality add optional exemptions. Anchorage, for example, exempts 40% of assessed value, up to $75,000, on an owner-occupied residence. That figure is recent and enacted: on April 4, 2023, Anchorage voters raised the residential exemption from 20% (capped at $50,000) to 40% (capped at $75,000), and the higher exemption is in effect on current applications. Because exemptions and rates are set borough by borough, the same home can carry very different bills depending on which local government taxes it.
Why your actual bill differs
The numbers above describe a typical homeowner in this ZIP — not your specific bill. A few things move bills away from the median:
- Whether your area taxes at all. Alaska has no statewide property tax. Inside an organized borough or city you'll owe; in much of the unorganized borough there's no general property tax — so the local taxing structure where you live is the biggest single factor.
- Local rates and assessment. Each organized borough sets its own rate and assesses at full and true value as of January 1, so two similar homes in different boroughs can owe very different amounts.
- Exemptions. The mandatory $150,000 senior and disabled-veteran exemption, plus any optional municipal exemption (such as Anchorage's 40%-up-to-$75,000 residential exemption), each pull a qualifying owner's bill below the median.
Alaska has no single statewide bill lookup — authority sits with each borough or city. The Municipality of Anchorage's property search is a working example; for other areas, search your borough or city's property or assessment site.
Methodology
Data on this page comes from the US Census American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 vintage (released January 29, 2026), at the ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) level. After filtering ZCTAs the Census suppresses for privacy or small-sample reasons, this page covers 83 Alaska ZIPs. Because Alaska has no statewide property tax and much of the state lies in the unorganized borough, many ZIPs reflect areas with little or no general property tax.
Topcoding in Alaska. The Census caps median property tax at $10,000, reporting anything higher as $10,001. Topcoding is essentially absent in Alaska, so the figures here are true medians.
See the full methodology page for source details (Census table IDs, the comparison-median rule, calculator formulas), how we handle topcoding across every state, and the refresh cadence.
Frequently asked questions
Why is the median tax in my ZIP different from what I pay?
Median is the middle of the distribution, not your bill. Alaska has no statewide property tax, so whether you owe at all depends on whether an organized borough or city levies one. Where it applies, your bill turns on the local assessed value (full and true value as of January 1) and the exemptions you qualify for, including the mandatory $150,000 senior and disabled-veteran exemption.
Why might my ZIP show $10,001 as the median tax?
That's the Census topcode for privacy, but it's essentially absent in Alaska, so the figures here are true medians.
Where do I find my actual Alaska property tax bill?
Through the borough or municipality that assesses your property. Alaska has no statewide portal; taxing authority sits with each organized borough or city. The Municipality of Anchorage's property search is a working example.
When does Alaska data update on this page?
Annually, when the Census Bureau releases a new ACS 5-year vintage. The 2020–2024 vintage released January 29, 2026. The next vintage (2021–2025) typically follows the next year, though the Census has not yet posted its release date.
Why don't you cover other states yet?
State-by-state rollout. Each state needs its own context section (assessment method, exemptions, local taxing structure) to be genuinely useful. High-search-volume states are going live first.