Alaska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Ketchikan Gateway Borough Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Ketchikan Gateway Borough pays $2,619 a year, an effective rate of 0.67%, well above the U.S. average.
- $2,619
- Median tax / yr · High bill
- 0.67%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- +31%
- vs U.S. average
- #16 of 28
- rank in AK
The verdict
Homeowners in Ketchikan Gateway Borough pay a median $2,619 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.67%, more affordable than 63% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $2,619
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.67%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1158 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +31%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($393,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Alaska. Population: 13,768. Owner-occupied homes: 3,933.
The median annual property tax in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is $2,619, which is 33% lower than the Alaska state average and 31% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.67% on a median home value of $393,300. Property taxes represent 2.8% of the median household income in this county.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Ketchikan Gateway Borough's 0.67% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 63%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Ketchikan Gateway Borough pay a median annual property tax of $2,619, well above the national median and well below the Alaska state median. On a $393,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.67% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Alaska counties by effective rate
Ketchikan Gateway Borough ranks #16 of 28 counties in Alaska by effective rate (43% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Ketchikan Gateway Borough run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $92,885 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Ketchikan Gateway 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 gave way faster than almost anywhere
Between the 2020 and 2024 releases the median home value in Ketchikan Gateway Borough rose 31.3%, from $299,500 to $393,300. The effective rate fell 17.9% over the same span, a steeper move than in 76% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 7.9%, to $2,619. Where the rate drops this far and the bill rises anyway, what changed is the value the rate is applied to.
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 $2,428 to $2,619, 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: 1,424 of 3,933 owner-occupied homes (36.2%) 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.
Top-quartile earnings meet a below-median rate, putting the median bill at 2.8% of median household income. Counties in this position span a wide range on the ratio above, because the dollar bill tracks home values rather than the rate.
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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Ketchikan Gateway Borough homeowners, 1,424 of 3,933 owner-occupied homes (36.2%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 10.9% (427)
- $800 to $1,499 13.5% (531)
- $1,500 to $1,999 5.9% (231)
- $2,000 to $2,999 25.2% (990)
- $3,000 or more 36.2% (1,424)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
330 homes here (8.4%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Alaska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Ketchikan Gateway Borough, mortgaged homeowners pay 17% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough's effective rate is higher than 43% of the 28 counties in Alaska - ranking #16 of 28.
Where Ketchikan Gateway Borough sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.67% Among the most affordable more affordable than 63% 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
Ketchikan Gateway Borough's effective rate runs 40% under the Alaska median and its bill 33% 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 $2,619 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.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | Alaska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax High bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-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.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Alaska counties.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $2,619 +1.2% | 0.67% |
| 2023 | $2,588 +0.8% | 0.68% |
| 2022 | $2,568 +0.7% | 0.71% |
| 2021 | $2,551 +5.1% | 0.81% |
| 2020 | $2,428 | 0.81% |
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.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough: tax-to-income at 2.8%
Counties near Ketchikan Gateway Borough's effective rate
On effective rate, Ketchikan Gateway Borough sits nearest Merced County (CA), Santa Clara County (CA), Hernando County (FL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Franklin County (NY), Monroe County (WI), Pope County (IL).
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
Ketchikan Gateway Borough: only 4% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 280 of 6,870 returns from Ketchikan Gateway Borough reported real estate taxes, averaging $4,932 - 36% of those reporters sat in the $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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Ketchikan Gateway Borough rate FAQs
- What is the average property tax in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska?
- The median annual property tax in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is $2,619, an effective rate of 0.67% on a $393,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Ketchikan Gateway Borough?
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska scores D (42/100) 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 C+ (0.67%). 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.
- How does Ketchikan Gateway Borough property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Ketchikan Gateway Borough run well above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.67% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Ketchikan Gateway Borough?
- Property taxes in Ketchikan Gateway Borough run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.8% of the $92,885 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Ketchikan Gateway Borough?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Ketchikan Gateway Borough ticked up 7.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $2,428 to $2,619, 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 to do with Ketchikan Gateway Borough's QUIET rate
Ketchikan Gateway Borough's $2,619 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Ketchikan Gateway Borough ranks #16 of 28 Alaska counties by effective rate - on the lower-burden half of the state ACS set. Alaska overview →
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Ketchikan Gateway Borough's QUIET 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: 0.67%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $2,619/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Ketchikan Gateway Borough
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Ketchikan Gateway Borough (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Caroline County, MD
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Ketchikan Gateway Borough at $2,619/yr; rate 0.90% vs Ketchikan Gateway Borough 0.67%.
Paulding County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Ketchikan Gateway Borough at $2,619/yr; rate 0.80% vs Ketchikan Gateway Borough 0.67%.
Coweta County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,624/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 0.73% vs Ketchikan Gateway Borough 0.67%.
Fayette County, TX
ABS(median_tax) peer · $2,611/yr (near-tied bill ABS $8); rate 0.89% vs Ketchikan Gateway Borough 0.67%.
Alaska county set
State ACS overview for every published Alaska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Ketchikan Gateway Borough stamps QUIET · 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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.