Alaska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Haines Borough Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Haines Borough pays $2,445 a year, an effective rate of 0.83%, notably higher than the U.S. average.
- $2,445
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.83%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +23%
- vs U.S. average
- #13 of 28
- rank in AK
The verdict
Homeowners in Haines Borough pay a median $2,445 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.83%, more affordable than 48% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,445
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.83%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1639 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +23%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($293,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Alaska. Population: 2,086. Owner-occupied homes: 707.
The median annual property tax in Haines Borough is $2,445, which is 37% lower than the Alaska state average and 23% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.83% on a median home value of $293,300. Property taxes represent 2.8% of the median household income in this county.
Haines Borough's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Haines Borough's 0.83% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 48%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Alaska median
Homeowners in Haines Borough pay a median annual property tax of $2,445, notably higher than the national median and well below the Alaska state median. On a $293,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.83% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Alaska counties by effective rate
Haines Borough ranks #13 of 28 counties in Alaska by effective rate (54% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Haines Borough run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $86,927 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Haines Borough 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.
The rate held while the market moved
Haines Borough sits in the quarter of U.S. counties whose effective rate moved least over this span: 2.5% down, against a median home value that rose 11.1%.
A near-steady rate on a moving market passes that movement straight through: the median bill rose 8.4%, from $2,256 to $2,445.
Effective rate is the published median bill divided by the published median home value, so the two multiply back to the bill exactly; the rate's movement here is derived from those two figures rather than read from the rounded published rate. Both are ACS 5-year survey estimates for the median owner-occupied household, compared across non-overlapping releases. They describe what the Census published, not a local policy, assessment, or exemption change.
How to read this county's bill
Very little moved here between 2020 and 2024: the typical bill went from $2,256 to $2,445, a change of 8%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 238 of 707 owner-occupied homes (33.7%) 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 2.8% 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.
What Haines Borough Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Haines Borough homeowners, 238 of 707 owner-occupied homes (33.7%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 4.0% (28)
- $800 to $1,499 9.8% (69)
- $1,500 to $1,999 22.2% (157)
- $2,000 to $2,999 20.7% (146)
- $3,000 or more 33.7% (238)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
69 homes here (9.8%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Alaska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Haines Borough, mortgaged homeowners pay 26% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Haines Borough's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Haines Borough's effective rate is higher than 54% of the 28 counties in Alaska - ranking #13 of 28.
Where Haines Borough sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.83% more affordable than 48% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Alaska on both measures
Haines Borough's effective rate runs 25% under the Alaska median and its bill 37% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $2,445 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Alaska norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Haines Borough vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Haines Borough | Alaska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.8% | - | - |
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.
Haines Borough is UNDER · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Alaska counties.
Haines Borough rate trail · UNDER
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,445 -4.4% | 0.83% |
| 2023 | $2,558 -0.2% | 0.80% |
| 2022 | $2,564 -0.3% | 0.89% |
| 2021 | $2,573 +14.1% | 1.00% |
| 2020 | $2,256 | 0.85% |
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.
Haines Borough: tax-to-income at 2.8%
Counties near Haines Borough's effective rate
On effective rate, Haines Borough sits nearest Contra Costa County (CA), DeSoto County (FL), Madison County (FL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Woodford County (IL), Hidalgo County (NM), Lowndes County (AL).
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
Haines Borough: only 2% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 30 of 1,290 returns from Haines Borough reported real estate taxes, averaging $2,867 - 100% 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.
Other Counties in Alaska
Haines Borough rate FAQs
- What is the tax affordability score for Haines Borough?
- Haines Borough, Alaska scores F (37/100) 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 D (0.83%). 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 Haines Borough, Alaska?
- The median annual property tax in Haines Borough is $2,445, an effective rate of 0.83% on a $293,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- How does Haines Borough property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Haines Borough run notably higher than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.83% versus 0.92% nationally.
- Are property taxes increasing in Haines Borough?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Haines Borough climbed 8.4% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,256 to $2,445, a 4-year span. These are survey estimates covering five years each, so this compares the two releases furthest apart rather than consecutive ones, which overlap and would mostly measure the same households twice.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Haines Borough?
- Property taxes in Haines Borough run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $86,927 median household income.
What to do with Haines Borough's UNDER rate
Inside Alaska, Haines Borough's $2,445 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Alaska overview →
Haines Borough ranks #13 of 28 Alaska counties by effective rate - on the higher-burden half of the state ACS set. Alaska overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Haines Borough's UNDER effective rate, then a disjoint out-of-state bill set so the two neighborhoods stay distinct.
Similar effective rate
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS effective rate. This county: 0.83%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,445/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Haines Borough
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Haines Borough (UNDER · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER MID
Fulton County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,444/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.28% vs Haines Borough 0.83%.
Jefferson County, MT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,446/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.55% vs Haines Borough 0.83%.
McCook County, SD
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,444/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.06% vs Haines Borough 0.83%.
Union County, OR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,446/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.83% vs Haines Borough 0.83%.
Alaska county set
State ACS overview for every published Alaska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Haines Borough stamps UNDER · MID - 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 Haines Borough (UNDER · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.