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Housing in Tok

A typical Tok home is worth roughly $225,000

Typical home value
$225K
AK $399K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,130
a month, utilities in · HUD

What kind of housing town is Tok?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.5 years of income

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

You could afford about
$242,000
Typical Tok home $225K

That covers a typical Tok home, with $18K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,380
Loan $1,110Tax $210Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,130 a month here, $250 less 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 $1,130

Renters already here pay a median of $1,177.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$810
1 bedroom$1,010
2 bedrooms$1,130
3 bedrooms$1,580
4 bedrooms$1,780
27%
of households rent · AK 33%
123
renter households
8%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · AK 45%
21%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,177
median rent paid today · Census

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

73% of Tok households own their home

Half of Tok’s homes were built before 1990.

Owners and renters
Own 73%Rent 27%

Alaska: 67% own.

1990
typical home built · AK 1986
11%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

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

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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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