Alaska Fair Market Rents

2024 Fair Market Rents

2024 FMRs in Alaska by county. Click on the map below to view FMRs for a particular county.

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FMRs vary across Alaska based on County and ZIP code as well as number of bedrooms. The average FMR for a two-bedroom apartment in Alaska is $1,422.

The highest average FMR for a two-bedroom apartment in the United States is $2,095 in Hawaii. The lowest for a two-bedroom apartment is $574 in Puerto Rico.

FMRs in Alaska are based on the price of monthly rent plus the cost of essential utilities. FMRs vary by county or ZIP Code. Generally areas with a lower population density have a lower gross rent (lower FMRs) but there are exceptions.

View the Fair Market Rents Overview for detailed information on how FMRs are calculated. Click on a specific county on the map or from the table below for detailed FMR information including Small Area FMRs.

How does Alaska compare?

The highest FMR for a two-bedroom apartment in Alaska is $1,991 in Aleutians West Census Area. The lowest FMR for a two-bedroom apartment is $905 in Kusilvak Census Area.

Alaska ($1,422) has a 17.7% higher FMR for 2-Bedroom housing than the average of the US ($1,208) and therefore has a higher gross rent.

Alaska is rank 14th out of 56 States and territories. This means the FMRs, or in other words, the gross rent is higher than 42 other States and territories. Alaska is the 14th most expensive State or territory in terms of FMRs.

Average FMRs for Alaska

14th
Rank
$1,014
Studio
$1,125
1-person
$1,422
2-person
$1,869
3-person
$2,159
4-person
Counties in Alaska (30)
County Rank Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed 3-Bed 4-Bed
Aleutians West Census Area 1st $1,349 $1,515 $1,991 $2,407 $3,044
Bethel Census Area 2nd $1,587 $1,597 $1,957 $2,366 $2,710
North Slope Borough 3rd $1,288 $1,447 $1,901 $2,299 $2,532
Northwest Arctic Borough 4th $1,277 $1,434 $1,884 $2,611 $2,881
Kodiak Island Borough 5th $1,228 $1,379 $1,812 $2,220 $2,622
Juneau City and Borough 6th $1,138 $1,307 $1,679 $2,291 $2,299
Fairbanks North Star Borough 7th $1,116 $1,253 $1,646 $2,320 $2,793
Ketchikan Gateway Borough 8th $1,048 $1,177 $1,546 $2,140 $2,624
Skagway Municipality 9th $1,046 $1,174 $1,543 $1,866 $2,359
Nome Census Area 10th $1,250 $1,258 $1,497 $2,110 $2,289
Haines Borough 11th $1,036 $1,128 $1,470 $1,923 $2,248
Sitka City and Borough 12th $1,044 $1,221 $1,466 $2,066 $2,488
Anchorage Municipality 13th $996 $1,107 $1,454 $2,049 $2,467
Denali Borough 14th $995 $1,083 $1,412 $1,847 $2,159
Chugach Census Area 15th $989 $1,077 $1,404 $1,837 $2,147
Aleutians East Borough 16th $957 $1,210 $1,358 $1,642 $2,077
Petersburg Borough 17th $955 $1,099 $1,355 $1,638 $2,099
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area 18th $936 $1,018 $1,329 $1,607 $1,770
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area 19th $922 $1,083 $1,309 $1,708 $2,168
Kenai Peninsula Borough 20th $984 $990 $1,301 $1,833 $2,090
Yakutat City and Borough 21st $916 $997 $1,300 $1,586 $1,988
Dillingham Census Area 22nd $903 $1,142 $1,282 $1,681 $1,707
Matanuska-Susitna Borough 23rd $919 $974 $1,280 $1,804 $2,172
Bristol Bay Borough 24th $872 $949 $1,237 $1,743 $1,892
Copper River Census Area 25th $832 $906 $1,181 $1,545 $1,806
Wrangell City and Borough 26th $776 $839 $1,102 $1,462 $1,468
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area 27th $929 $955 $1,072 $1,453 $1,639
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 28th $840 $927 $1,041 $1,413 $1,420
Lake and Peninsula Borough 29th $660 $820 $937 $1,320 $1,433
Kusilvak Census Area 30th $638 $694 $905 $1,275 $1,384

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Fair Market Rents are estimated by the HUD.