Property Tax & Income in Chugach Census Area, Alaska
Chugach Census Area has an effective property tax rate of 0.98%. On the median home value of $346,200, that's roughly $3,379 per year. Median household income is $90,509.
What you'll pay, at a glance
Property taxes are the largest local tax most homeowners pay. The effective rate measures the real tax bill as a share of home value — a more useful number than the nominal “mill rate,” because assessment practices vary county to county.
| Metric | Chugach Census Area | Alaska (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.98% | 0.69% |
| Median home value1 | $346,200 | — |
| State income tax3 | No state income tax | No state income tax |
| State sales tax3 | 1.82% combined | 1.82% combined |
How this is calculated
The effective property tax rate is the median real-estate tax bill divided by the median home value — both for owner-occupied homes, from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS 5-year estimates)1. Median income is also from the ACS1. Federal and state income-tax figures use IRS2 and Tax Foundation3 data.
About Chugach Census Area, AK
Property taxes in the Chugach Census Area run higher than both the state and national averages. The effective rate of 0.976% exceeds Alaska's statewide median of 0.689% and the national median of 0.794%, placing the county ninth among Alaska's 28 counties for property tax rate. That gap shows up in real dollars: the median home value of $346,200 carries an annual tax bill of about $3,379. Households earning a median of $90,509 devote a meaningful share of income to that bill, though per-capita income of $47,365 suggests a spread of earnings across the area. Communities such as Valdez, Cordova, and Tatitlek sit within this tax landscape, and the comparatively steep rate may reflect the cost of funding local services across a thinly populated region where the property base is narrow.