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Most affordable housing, Alaska counties

Alaska counties with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (2024 ACS). This list covers the 30 counties in Alaska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 30 is 3.7. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Haines, AK, up 16 places to #12.

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YEAR1990 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 1990

01▲3Kusilvak Census Area, AKAK7,9321.6–

02Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,0281.8+35%

03▲8Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,4832.0−7%

04▼1Aleutians East, AKAK3,4792.1+1%

05▼4Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,3912.3+14%

06North Slope, AKAK10,5822.3+43%

07▼2Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,0952.4+25%

08▲4Bristol Bay, AKAK8472.6+30%

09▲4Yakutat, AKAK6722.6–

10▼2Nome Census Area, AKAK9,8302.7+42%

11▲9Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,2403.2+41%

12▲16Haines, AKAK2,0683.4+44%

13▲2Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,9723.4+45%

14Denali, AKAK1,6163.4–

15▼8Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,3573.6+26%

16▲3Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AKAK5,7773.7–

17Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,6663.7+109%

18▲3Copper River Census Area, AKAK2,6663.7–

19▼9Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,2703.8+103%

20▼11Chugach Census Area, AKAK6,5533.8–

21▲3Anchorage, AKAK287,1553.8+53%

22▼4Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,9514.0+99%

23▼7Petersburg, AKAK3,3944.2–

24▲2Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,5494.2+73%

25▼3Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AKAK2,2714.3–

26▲1Juneau, AKAK31,6094.4+86%

27▲2Sitka, AKAK8,3194.4+61%

28▼3Wrangell, AKAK2,0074.6–

29▼6Kodiak Island, AKAK12,3874.8+94%

30Skagway, AKAK1,1045.4–

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES