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Housing in Utqiaġvik

A typical Utqiaġvik home is worth roughly $311,000

Typical home value
$311K
AK $399K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,680
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$2,615
AK $3,901

What kind of housing town is Utqiaġvik?

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

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 2.7 years of income

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

You could afford about
$451,000
Typical Utqiaġvik home $311K

That covers a typical Utqiaġvik home, with $140K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,850
Loan $1,540Tax $220Insurance $90

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,680 a month here, $170 less than owning.

How Utqiaġvik ranks on affordability →

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Utqiaġvik’s typical property tax (0.84% 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 $1,680

Renters already here pay a median of $1,360, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$1,160
1 bedroom$1,280
2 bedrooms$1,680
3 bedrooms$2,020
4 bedrooms$2,750
54%
of households rent · AK 33%
719
renter households
32%
of renters spend 30%+ of income on rent · AK 45%
17%
of the median income, for a two-bedroom
$1,360
median rent paid today · Census

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

The homes

46% of Utqiaġvik households own their home

Half of Utqiaġvik’s homes were built before 1985.

Owners and renters
Own 46%Rent 54%

Alaska: 67% own.

1985
typical home built · AK 1986
$2,615
median property tax bill · AK $3,901
0.84%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · AK 1.11%

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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