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Housing in Glacier View

A typical Glacier View home is worth roughly $189,000

Typical home value
$189K
AK $399K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,330
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,523
AK $3,901

What kind of housing town is Glacier View?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Glacier View

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You could afford about
$352,000
Typical Glacier View home $189K

That covers a typical Glacier View home, with $163K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,160
Loan $930Tax $170Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,330 a month here, $170 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.

The homes

72% of Glacier View households own their home

Half of Glacier View’s homes were built before 1984.

Owners and renters
Own 72%Rent 28%

Alaska: 67% own.

1984
typical home built · AK 1986
$2,523
median property tax bill · AK $3,901
45%
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.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,330

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$980
1 bedroom$1,010
2 bedrooms$1,330
3 bedrooms$1,850
4 bedrooms$2,230
28%
of households rent · AK 33%

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

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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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