Property Tax & Income in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska
Kusilvak Census Area has an effective property tax rate of 0.24%. On the median home value of $84,300, that's roughly $199 per year. Median household income is $51,471.
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 | Kusilvak Census Area | Alaska (state context) |
|---|---|---|
| Effective property tax rate1 | 0.24% | 0.69% |
| Median home value1 | $84,300 | — |
| 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 Kusilvak Census Area, AK
In Kusilvak Census Area, where Emmonak is among the principal communities, the median home is valued at $84,300 and carries an annual property tax bill of about $199. Against a median household income of $51,471, that works out to roughly 0.4 percent of a household's yearly earnings — a small slice by most standards, though per-capita income here sits at just $16,231, so the picture varies from one household to the next. The county's effective rate of 0.236 percent falls well below Alaska's statewide median of 0.689 percent and the national figure of 0.794 percent. Among the 28 county-level jurisdictions ranked in the state, Kusilvak places 24th by property tax rate, near the bottom. Low property taxes here reflect low assessed values more than any unusual tax policy.