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Housing in Mill Bay

A typical Mill Bay home is worth roughly $479,000

Home prices around Mill Bay have risen about 25% over the past 5 years.

Typical home value
$479K
▼ 4.7% in a year · AK $399K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$2,090
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$4,284
AK $3,901

What kind of housing town is Mill Bay?

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

★ What stands out · Price trend

Home prices up 25% in 5 years

The federal house price index for the ZIP code around Mill Bay rose 25% over the past 5 years, slower than across Alaska (39%). Last year prices fell 4.7%. Carrying the Census median home value forward with that index puts the typical Mill Bay home at roughly $479,000 today.

Mill Bay areaAlaska
0%+50%+100%+150%+200%200020052010201520202025
−4.7%
past year
+25%
past 5 years
+38%
past 10 years
Estimated value

Carrying the Census median forward with the index puts a typical home at about $479K.

How Mill Bay ranks on rising home prices →

Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index (annual) for the ZIP codes around Mill Bay, weighted by land area. It tracks repeat sales of the same homes, so it shows how prices changed, not what homes cost.

Affordability

A typical home costs 5.4 years of income

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

You could afford about
$345,000
Typical Mill Bay home $479K

That’s $134K short of a typical Mill Bay home.

The typical home, each month
$2,880
Loan $2,370Tax $370Insurance $140

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,090 a month here, $790 less than owning.

Where your budget reaches nearby

How Mill Bay ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Mill Bay’s typical property tax (0.92% 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

83% of Mill Bay households own their home

Half of Mill Bay’s homes were built before 2000.

Owners and renters
Own 83%Rent 17%

Alaska: 67% own.

2000
typical home built · AK 1986
$4,284
median property tax bill · AK $3,901
0.92%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · AK 1.11%

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

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $2,090

Renters already here pay a median of $2,710.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,440
1 bedroom$1,590
2 bedrooms$2,090
3 bedrooms$2,510
4 bedrooms$2,770
17%
of households rent · AK 33%
219
renter households
51%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · AK 45%
28%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$2,710
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Kodiak Island 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

Mill Bay vs. its neighbors

The towns that share a border with Mill Bay. Tap one to see its housing page.

Compare more
TownTypical value1-yr change2-bed rentNew homes 2025Median income
Mill Bay$479K*−4.7%†$2,090—$88,580
Kodiak$450K+4.2%$2,0909$90,292

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. Price trend: Federal Housing Finance Agency House Price Index. 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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