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Housing in Atqasuk

A typical Atqasuk home is worth roughly $122,000

Typical home value
$122K
AK $399K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,630
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,667
AK $3,901

What kind of housing town is Atqasuk?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Atqasuk

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You could afford about
$352,000
Typical Atqasuk home $122K

That covers a typical Atqasuk home, with $230K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$750
Loan $610Tax $110Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,630 a month here, $880 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Alaska typical property tax (1.11% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,630

Renters already here pay a median of $1,000, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,120
1 bedroom$1,250
2 bedrooms$1,630
3 bedrooms$1,970
4 bedrooms$2,690
57%
of households rent · AK 33%
36
renter households
$1,000
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (North Slope Borough, AK): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

The homes

43% of Atqasuk households own their home

Half of Atqasuk’s homes were built before 1991.

Owners and renters
Own 43%Rent 57%

Alaska: 67% own.

1991
typical home built · AK 1986
$1,667
median property tax bill · AK $3,901

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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