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Housing in Chefornak

A typical Chefornak home is worth roughly $125,000

Typical home value
$125K
AK $399K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,940
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$199
AK $3,901

What kind of housing town is Chefornak?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.4 years of income

Less than across Alaska (4.3 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$224,000
Typical Chefornak home $125K

That covers a typical Chefornak home, with $99K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$680
Loan $620Tax $20Insurance $40

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,940 a month here, $1,260 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Chefornak’s typical property tax (0.20% 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 $1,940

Renters already here pay a median of $825, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,690
1 bedroom$1,720
2 bedrooms$1,940
3 bedrooms$2,330
4 bedrooms$2,570
21%
of households rent · AK 33%
20
renter households
$825
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

79% of Chefornak households own their home

Half of Chefornak’s homes were built before 1986.

Owners and renters
Own 79%Rent 21%

Alaska: 67% own.

1986
typical home built · AK 1986
$199
median property tax bill · AK $3,901
0.20%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · AK 1.11%
1%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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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