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Housing in Cohoe

A typical Cohoe home is worth roughly $243,000

Typical home value
$243K
AK $399K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,550
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$1,516
AK $3,901

What kind of housing town is Cohoe?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.8 years of income

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

You could afford about
$259,000
Typical Cohoe home $243K

That covers a typical Cohoe home, with $16K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,400
Loan $1,200Tax $130Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,550 a month here, $150 more than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Cohoe’s typical property tax (0.62% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

88% of Cohoe households own their home

Half of Cohoe’s homes were built before 1996.

Owners and renters
Own 88%Rent 12%

Alaska: 67% own.

1996
typical home built · AK 1986
$1,516
median property tax bill · AK $3,901
0.62%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · AK 1.11%
20%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,550

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,170
1 bedroom$1,180
2 bedrooms$1,550
3 bedrooms$2,160
4 bedrooms$2,610
12%
of households rent · AK 33%
38
renter households
76%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · AK 45%
29%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom

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

Next door

Cohoe vs. its neighbors

Cohoe is the 2nd least expensive of 5 neighboring towns. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentMedian income
Cohoe$243K*—$1,550$63,500
Kasilof$301K+7.2%$1,560$63,386
Kalifornsky$337K*+7.7%†$1,350$93,508
Clam Gulch$266K+5.7%$1,440$91,875
Ninilchik$215K−0.3%$1,160$55,179

Typical value: Zillow Home Value Index; * Census median home value where Zillow has none. † FHFA price index change where Zillow has none. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent. New homes: Census building permits.

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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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