Most Affordable Cities in Alaska
Cities ranked by home-value-to-income ratio. Lower ratio = more affordable. Only cities with 500+ population included.
| # | City | Ratio | Home Value | Median Income | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mountain Village city | 0.3x | $21,500 | $62,188 | 872 |
| 2 | Pilot Station city | 0.6x | $24,000 | $43,125 | 558 |
| 3 | Quinhagak city | 0.7x | $35,000 | $48,594 | 1,302 |
| 4 | Napaskiak city | 0.9x | $37,300 | $42,813 | 563 |
| 5 | Kasigluk CDP | 0.9x | $61,500 | $70,000 | 692 |
| 6 | Galena city | 1.1x | $96,300 | $86,250 | 565 |
| 7 | Napakiak city | 1.2x | $31,900 | $26,563 | 595 |
| 8 | Wainwright city | 1.3x | $109,100 | $85,750 | 612 |
| 9 | Buckland city | 1.3x | $72,000 | $56,136 | 629 |
| 10 | Kwethluk city | 1.3x | $63,700 | $48,056 | 852 |
| 11 | King Cove city | 1.4x | $110,900 | $78,125 | 1,204 |
| 12 | Brevig Mission city | 1.5x | $80,900 | $55,000 | 691 |
| 13 | Manokotak city | 1.5x | $85,900 | $58,125 | 693 |
| 14 | Kotlik city | 1.5x | $75,000 | $49,844 | 1,166 |
| 15 | Kivalina city | 1.7x | $119,600 | $70,278 | 813 |
| 16 | Nenana city | 1.7x | $88,600 | $51,250 | 527 |
| 17 | Toksook Bay city | 1.8x | $91,600 | $52,019 | 999 |
| 18 | Togiak city | 1.8x | $102,500 | $56,563 | 993 |
| 19 | Unalakleet city | 1.9x | $163,800 | $86,250 | 800 |
| 20 | Nunapitchuk city | 2.0x | $86,700 | $43,750 | 766 |
| 21 | Noatak CDP | 2.0x | $156,300 | $77,500 | 700 |
| 22 | Savoonga city | 2.0x | $105,300 | $51,875 | 766 |
| 23 | Emmonak city | 2.1x | $116,500 | $55,417 | 945 |
| 24 | Nuiqsut city | 2.1x | $131,700 | $62,083 | 529 |
| 25 | Noorvik city | 2.2x | $137,500 | $63,125 | 722 |
| 26 | Point Hope city | 2.3x | $184,700 | $81,944 | 721 |
| 27 | Yakutat CDP | 2.3x | $185,000 | $80,625 | 506 |
| 28 | St. Mary's city | 2.3x | $103,400 | $45,000 | 788 |
| 29 | Metlakatla CDP | 2.3x | $160,500 | $69,107 | 1,338 |
| 30 | Stebbins city | 2.4x | $116,100 | $48,333 | 666 |
| 31 | Healy CDP | 2.4x | $314,900 | $128,750 | 723 |
| 32 | Kotzebue city | 2.5x | $264,500 | $106,328 | 3,046 |
| 33 | Glennallen CDP | 2.5x | $201,800 | $80,417 | 601 |
| 34 | Farmers Loop CDP | 2.5x | $262,600 | $103,635 | 4,887 |
| 35 | Knik River CDP | 2.7x | $266,800 | $100,417 | 858 |
| 36 | Sand Point city | 2.7x | $196,400 | $73,125 | 1,146 |
| 37 | Big Delta CDP | 2.7x | $276,400 | $101,250 | 646 |
| 38 | Fort Yukon city | 2.8x | $110,800 | $39,934 | 583 |
| 39 | Trapper Creek CDP | 2.8x | $194,600 | $70,048 | 514 |
| 40 | Steele Creek CDP | 2.8x | $331,200 | $117,260 | 5,861 |
| 41 | Sutton-Alpine CDP | 2.9x | $213,100 | $73,553 | 1,361 |
| 42 | North Pole city | 2.9x | $272,000 | $93,355 | 2,663 |
| 43 | Chena Ridge CDP | 2.9x | $411,600 | $140,722 | 5,927 |
| 44 | Badger CDP | 3.0x | $291,600 | $98,042 | 19,033 |
| 45 | Nome city | 3.0x | $338,900 | $113,561 | 3,668 |
| 46 | Butte CDP | 3.0x | $320,100 | $105,625 | 3,905 |
| 47 | Dillingham city | 3.1x | $306,800 | $99,097 | 2,084 |
| 48 | Kake city | 3.1x | $158,300 | $50,833 | 598 |
| 49 | Tanaina CDP | 3.1x | $298,500 | $95,587 | 9,738 |
| 50 | Goldstream CDP | 3.1x | $289,600 | $92,604 | 3,238 |
| 51 | Delta Junction city | 3.1x | $268,700 | $85,694 | 1,154 |
| 52 | Sterling CDP | 3.1x | $346,100 | $110,341 | 6,776 |
| 53 | Utqiaġvik city | 3.2x | $282,400 | $89,038 | 4,850 |
| 54 | Gateway CDP | 3.2x | $436,200 | $137,150 | 6,716 |
| 55 | Deltana CDP | 3.2x | $305,300 | $95,927 | 2,064 |
| 56 | Ridgeway CDP | 3.2x | $305,000 | $95,000 | 2,174 |
| 57 | Valdez city | 3.2x | $312,400 | $97,067 | 3,911 |
| 58 | Bethel city | 3.2x | $354,400 | $109,718 | 6,313 |
| 59 | Knik-Fairview CDP | 3.3x | $311,800 | $95,000 | 18,921 |
| 60 | North Lakes CDP | 3.3x | $338,900 | $102,785 | 10,583 |
| 61 | Akutan city | 3.3x | $91,400 | $27,500 | 737 |
| 62 | Kenai city | 3.3x | $249,400 | $74,907 | 7,562 |
| 63 | Kalifornsky CDP | 3.4x | $306,200 | $91,081 | 8,136 |
| 64 | Talkeetna CDP | 3.4x | $243,100 | $72,250 | 997 |
| 65 | Aniak city | 3.5x | $237,000 | $66,875 | 571 |
| 66 | Fairbanks city | 3.5x | $255,700 | $72,077 | 32,242 |
| 67 | Lazy Mountain CDP | 3.6x | $334,100 | $93,854 | 1,472 |
| 68 | Farm Loop CDP | 3.6x | $393,300 | $110,332 | 2,940 |
| 69 | Fishhook CDP | 3.6x | $361,900 | $101,518 | 5,461 |
| 70 | Salcha CDP | 3.6x | $257,500 | $72,083 | 1,076 |
| 71 | Ester CDP | 3.6x | $242,000 | $67,640 | 2,784 |
| 72 | Craig city | 3.6x | $244,400 | $67,788 | 1,063 |
| 73 | College CDP | 3.6x | $279,100 | $76,831 | 11,730 |
| 74 | Anchor Point CDP | 3.7x | $235,200 | $63,382 | 2,291 |
| 75 | Meadow Lakes CDP | 3.8x | $305,100 | $81,250 | 8,994 |
| 76 | Big Lake CDP | 3.8x | $286,600 | $76,292 | 3,291 |
| 77 | Happy Valley CDP | 3.8x | $208,600 | $55,521 | 773 |
| 78 | Willow CDP | 3.8x | $285,100 | $74,669 | 1,769 |
| 79 | Fritz Creek CDP | 3.8x | $328,200 | $85,893 | 2,432 |
| 80 | Anchorage municipality | 3.8x | $375,900 | $98,152 | 289,069 |
| 81 | Cohoe CDP | 3.9x | $228,600 | $59,000 | 1,619 |
| 82 | Houston city | 3.9x | $235,900 | $60,865 | 1,693 |
| 83 | Diamond Ridge CDP | 3.9x | $312,200 | $80,417 | 1,338 |
| 84 | Fox River CDP | 3.9x | $291,700 | $75,083 | 605 |
| 85 | Petersburg CDP | 3.9x | $298,500 | $76,466 | 3,346 |
| 86 | Palmer city | 3.9x | $275,900 | $70,550 | 6,141 |
| 87 | Unalaska city | 3.9x | $448,700 | $114,286 | 4,430 |
| 88 | Funny River CDP | 4.0x | $186,900 | $46,550 | 1,127 |
| 89 | Buffalo Soapstone CDP | 4.1x | $278,600 | $68,750 | 799 |
| 90 | Seward city | 4.1x | $290,300 | $71,016 | 2,735 |
| 91 | South Lakes CDP | 4.1x | $367,700 | $89,632 | 6,132 |
| 92 | Hoonah city | 4.2x | $340,800 | $81,406 | 894 |
| 93 | Juneau city and borough | 4.3x | $432,500 | $100,513 | 31,969 |
| 94 | Gustavus city | 4.3x | $276,500 | $64,167 | 610 |
| 95 | Salamatof CDP | 4.3x | $318,000 | $73,750 | 1,201 |
| 96 | Cordova city | 4.3x | $384,500 | $88,538 | 2,405 |
| 97 | Sitka city and borough | 4.4x | $442,100 | $101,207 | 8,393 |
| 98 | Soldotna city | 4.4x | $277,300 | $62,984 | 4,448 |
| 99 | Kodiak city | 4.4x | $314,800 | $71,373 | 5,497 |
| 100 | Ketchikan city | 4.4x | $340,300 | $76,835 | 8,151 |
| 101 | Haines CDP | 4.4x | $321,000 | $72,250 | 1,781 |
| 102 | Wrangell city and borough | 4.5x | $289,700 | $64,545 | 2,106 |
| 103 | Womens Bay CDP | 4.5x | $462,600 | $102,292 | 994 |
| 104 | Mill Bay CDP | 4.6x | $430,600 | $94,359 | 3,541 |
| 105 | Wasilla city | 4.6x | $325,000 | $70,756 | 9,435 |
| 106 | Bear Creek CDP | 4.7x | $438,800 | $93,478 | 1,360 |
| 107 | Ninilchik CDP | 4.7x | $251,600 | $53,125 | 1,009 |
| 108 | Skagway CDP | 4.8x | $415,900 | $85,893 | 1,212 |
| 109 | Nikiski CDP | 4.9x | $309,200 | $63,023 | 4,656 |
| 110 | Homer city | 4.9x | $363,700 | $73,723 | 5,750 |
| 111 | Tok CDP | 5.0x | $223,700 | $44,405 | 1,490 |
| 112 | Klawock city | 5.1x | $249,000 | $49,063 | 744 |
| 113 | Denali Park CDP | 5.5x | $458,300 | $83,750 | 787 |
| 114 | Susitna North CDP | 5.6x | $238,200 | $42,614 | 1,506 |
| 115 | Kachemak city | 5.7x | $404,300 | $71,125 | 835 |