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Most affordable housing, Alaska counties · 1990

Alaska counties with the lowest CensusEasy Afford Score, where homes cost the fewest years of local income (2023 ACS). This list covers the 20 counties in Alaska that qualify, ranked against each other statewide.

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YEAR1990 2000 2010 2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPAFFORD SCOREVS 2000

01Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AKAK5,0281.3−39%

02North Slope, AKAK10,5821.6−12%

03Matanuska-Susitna, AKAK118,6661.8−26%

04Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AKAK7,2701.9−20%

05Nome Census Area, AKAK9,8301.9−1%

06Northwest Arctic, AKAK7,0951.9−8%

07Bristol Bay, AKAK8472.0−25%

08Bethel Census Area, AKAK18,3912.0−8%

09Kenai Peninsula, AKAK61,9512.0−19%

10Aleutians East, AKAK3,4792.1−0%

11Dillingham Census Area, AKAK4,4832.2−13%

12Aleutians West Census Area, AKAK5,2402.3+46%

13Fairbanks North Star, AKAK93,9722.3−11%

14Haines, AKAK2,0682.3−22%

15Juneau, AKAK31,6092.4−18%

16Ketchikan Gateway, AKAK13,5492.4−22%

17Kodiak Island, AKAK12,3872.5−12%

18Anchorage, AKAK287,1552.5−9%

19Sitka, AKAK8,3192.8−18%

20Lake and Peninsula, AKAK1,3572.9+14%

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UPDATED 2026-06-02 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES