Alaska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Chugach Census Area Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Chugach Census Area pays $3,379 a year, an effective rate of 0.98%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,379
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 0.98%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +70%
- vs U.S. average
- #9 of 28
- rank in AK
The verdict
Homeowners in Chugach Census Area pay a median $3,379 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.98%, more affordable than 37% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,379
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.98%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1972 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +70%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($346,200). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Alaska. Population: 6,862. Owner-occupied homes: 1,824.
The median annual property tax in Chugach Census Area is $3,379, which is 13% lower than the Alaska state average and 70% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.98% on a median home value of $346,200. Property taxes represent 3.7% of the median household income in this county.
Why Chugach Census Area's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Chugach Census Area pay a median annual property tax of $3,379, far above the national median and notably lower than the Alaska state median. On a $346,200 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.98% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Near the middle of Alaska counties by effective rate
Chugach Census Area ranks #9 of 28 counties in Alaska by effective rate (68% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Chugach Census Area run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.7% of the $90,509 median household income.
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Chugach Census Area's 0.98% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 37%).
Decision signal 5
The latest release moved the bill up
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has climbed 11.4%, from $3,033 to $3,379. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Chugach Census Area as reported to the Census Bureau; your parcel can differ. Not tax, legal, or financial advice: check the county assessor or a qualified professional before decisions that depend on these numbers.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 41% from $2,398 to $3,379. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 845 of 1,824 owner-occupied homes (46.3%) report annual real-estate taxes above $3,000. That band has no upper edge in the source, so the county median understates the burden carried by the plurality rather than describing it.
Earnings are in the national top quarter and the rate is above the midpoint, so the median bill represents 3.7% of median household income. A headline bill conflates the dollar figure with the proportion; the two come apart here, and the ratio above is the second of them.
The share above is the median annual bill divided by median household income, a ratio of two county-level medians rather than a household-by-household figure.
Paying off the mortgage changes the picture here
29.7% of Chugach Census Area homes owned free and clear (279 of 938) report no property tax at all, against 3.7% of homes still carrying a mortgage. A reported zero is not proof of an exemption: it can equally mean a bill paid by another party, or a reporting artefact. But a gap this size is where age- and disability-based relief usually shows up, because those programmes reach owners who have finished paying.
What Chugach Census Area Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Chugach Census Area homeowners, 845 of 1,824 owner-occupied homes (46.3%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 9.3% (169)
- $800 to $1,499 4.4% (81)
- $1,500 to $1,999 6.0% (109)
- $2,000 to $2,999 16.9% (308)
- $3,000 or more 46.3% (845)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
312 homes here (17.1%) report no real estate tax at all, a sizeable minority for a county this size. Exemptions are set by state: how Alaska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Chugach Census Area pay more than double the bill of those without one (+76%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Chugach Census Area's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Chugach Census Area's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Chugach Census Area's median bill is 13% below the Alaska median and 70% above the U.S. median.
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Chugach Census Area moved from $2,398 in the 2020 release to $3,379 in 2024, a change of about 41%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Chugach Census Area vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Chugach Census Area | Alaska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 3.7% | - | - |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates. Tax-burden differences across rows reflect millage decisions, assessment-ratio practices, and the residential-vs-commercial mix of each tax base.
Is Chugach Census Area's $3,379 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Chugach Census Area's $3,379 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $338/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Alaska.
Chugach Census Area bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,379 +11.4% | 0.98% |
| 2023 | $3,033 +0.7% | 0.92% |
| 2022 | $3,013 +11.4% | 1.05% |
| 2021 | $2,704 +12.8% | 1.06% |
| 2020 | $2,398 | 1.02% |
Each row is a separate ACS 5-year release, and consecutive releases share four of their five survey years. The percentage beside each bill is therefore movement in the published estimate against the previous release, not a single year's tax change. The two releases largely describe the same households. For change over time, compare releases that do not overlap.
Chugach Census Area: tax-to-income at 3.7%
Counties near Chugach Census Area's median bill
On effective rate, Chugach Census Area sits nearest Macon County (GA), O'Brien County (IA), Kenton County (KY).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Sheridan County (WY), Murray County (MN), Montrose County (CO).
How peers are chosen
These are the nearest cross-state matches in the published Census data, not neighboring counties or recommendations. Peers are rebuilt with each data release; see the calculation method.
Similar effective rates
Similar published median-tax changes, 2020–2024
Chugach Census Area: only 3% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 110 of 3,390 returns from Chugach Census Area reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,227 - 45% of those reporters sat in the $100-200k AGI band.
What this IRS county file does not say
Amounts are reported before the SALT cap, not deducted; the share is of filers, not homeowners. Source: IRS SOI county data, tax year 2022.
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Chugach Census Area bill FAQs
- How does Chugach Census Area property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Chugach Census Area run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.98% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Chugach Census Area?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Chugach Census Area is recorded at $3,379 in the 2024 5-year release against $2,398 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 1,824 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What is the tax affordability score for Chugach Census Area?
- Chugach Census Area, Alaska scores F (21/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 5 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is rate relief at F (0.98%). The score compares published county medians to U.S. percentiles, it is not a personal bill and not advice to buy, sell, appeal, or relocate.
- What is the average property tax in Chugach Census Area, Alaska?
- The median annual property tax in Chugach Census Area is $3,379, an effective rate of 0.98% on a $346,200 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Chugach Census Area?
- Property taxes in Chugach Census Area run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.7% of the $90,509 median household income.
What to do with Chugach Census Area's HEAVY bill
Chugach Census Area's $3,379 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Chugach Census Area ranks #9 of 28 Alaska counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Alaska overview →
Nationwide peers by median bill (then rate)
Bill-first peers for Chugach Census Area's HEAVY median, then a disjoint out-of-state rate set, not the same-state geography lattice.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.98%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,379/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Chugach Census Area
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Chugach Census Area (UNDER · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER HEAVY
Dunn County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,380/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.39% vs Chugach Census Area 0.98%.
Centre County, PA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,386/yr (near-tied bill ABS $7); rate 1.05% vs Chugach Census Area 0.98%.
Collier County, FL
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,386/yr (near-tied bill ABS $7); rate 0.63% vs Chugach Census Area 0.98%.
Steuben County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,386/yr (near-tied bill ABS $7); rate 2.46% vs Chugach Census Area 0.98%.
Alaska county set
State ACS overview for every published Alaska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Chugach Census Area stamps UNDER · HEAVY - how assessed value and millage become the ACS median bill.
Data vintage and method
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates.
Property tax data reflects median amounts paid by homeowners. Effective rates are calculated as median tax divided by median home value.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, county median real-estate taxes · 2024 Chugach Census Area (UNDER · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.