Alaska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Kodiak Island Borough Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Kodiak Island Borough pays $3,569 a year, an effective rate of 0.87%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,569
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 0.87%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +79%
- vs U.S. average
- #11 of 28
- rank in AK
The verdict
Homeowners in Kodiak Island Borough pay a median $3,569 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.87%, more affordable than 45% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,569
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.87%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1728 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +79%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($412,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Alaska. Population: 12,771. Owner-occupied homes: 2,834.
The median annual property tax in Kodiak Island Borough is $3,569, which is 9% lower than the Alaska state average and 79% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.87% on a median home value of $412,300. Property taxes represent 4.1% of the median household income in this county.
Why Kodiak Island Borough's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Kodiak Island Borough pay a median annual property tax of $3,569, far above the national median and modestly below the Alaska state median. On a $412,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.87% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Kodiak Island Borough run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.1% of the $86,250 median household income.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Alaska counties by effective rate
Kodiak Island Borough ranks #11 of 28 counties in Alaska by effective rate (61% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Kodiak Island Borough's 0.87% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 45%).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Kodiak Island 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 Kodiak Island Borough rose 39.7%, from $295,100 to $412,300. The effective rate fell 18.4% over the same span, a steeper move than in 77% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 14.0%, to $3,569. 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
Bills rose across 2020-2024, from $3,132 to $3,569, a gain of 14%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The heaviest band is also the fullest one here: 1,507 of 2,834 owner-occupied homes (53.2%) 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.
Earnings are in the national top quarter and the rate is above the midpoint, so the median bill represents 4.1% 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
20.6% of Kodiak Island Borough homes owned free and clear (239 of 1,158) report no property tax at all, against 1.4% 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 Kodiak Island Borough Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Kodiak Island Borough homeowners, 1,507 of 2,834 owner-occupied homes (53.2%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 4.6% (130)
- $800 to $1,499 17.1% (485)
- $1,500 to $1,999 0.7% (21)
- $2,000 to $2,999 15.1% (428)
- $3,000 or more 53.2% (1,507)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
263 homes here (9.3%) report no real estate tax at all. Exemptions are set by state: how Alaska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged homeowners in Kodiak Island Borough pay more than double the bill of those without one (+88%), the widest kind of value gap this dataset tracks.
Kodiak Island Borough's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Kodiak Island Borough's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Kodiak Island Borough's median bill is 9% below the Alaska median and 79% above the U.S. median.
Same bill as Alaska, a lower rate
The median bill lands within 9% of the Alaska median while the effective rate runs 22% below it. The two offset each other: a gentler rate applied to more valuable housing arrives at roughly the state's own $3,569. A rate ranking would place this county far from the middle; the bill does not.
Kodiak Island Borough vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Kodiak Island Borough | Alaska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Highest-decile bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Above-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Heavy income burden | 4.1% | - | - |
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 Kodiak Island Borough's $3,569 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Kodiak Island Borough's $3,569 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $357/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Alaska.
Kodiak Island Borough bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,569 +1.7% | 0.87% |
| 2023 | $3,509 -5.0% | 0.92% |
| 2022 | $3,694 +7.5% | 1.04% |
| 2021 | $3,436 +9.7% | 1.10% |
| 2020 | $3,132 | 1.06% |
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.
Kodiak Island Borough: tax takes 4.1% of income
Counties near Kodiak Island Borough's median bill
On effective rate, Kodiak Island Borough sits nearest Clarke County (GA), Clayton County (GA), Crawford County (GA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Columbia County (WA), Sandusky County (OH), Oscoda County (MI).
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
Kodiak Island Borough: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 300 of 6,260 returns from Kodiak Island Borough reported real estate taxes, averaging $5,383 - 37% 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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Kodiak Island Borough bill FAQs
- How does Kodiak Island Borough property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Kodiak Island Borough run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.87% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska?
- The median annual property tax in Kodiak Island Borough is $3,569, an effective rate of 0.87% on a $412,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Kodiak Island Borough?
- Property taxes in Kodiak Island Borough run a bit above the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 4.1% of the $86,250 median household income.
- What is the tax affordability score for Kodiak Island Borough?
- Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska scores F (20/100) 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 (0.87%). 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.
- Are property taxes increasing in Kodiak Island Borough?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Kodiak Island Borough climbed 14.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $3,132 to $3,569, 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 Kodiak Island Borough's HEAVY bill
Kodiak Island Borough's $3,569 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Kodiak Island Borough ranks #11 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 Kodiak Island Borough'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: 0.87%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,569/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Kodiak Island Borough
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Kodiak Island Borough (UNDER · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
UNDER HEAVY
Cass County, ND
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,564/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 1.20% vs Kodiak Island Borough 0.87%.
Adams County, PA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,561/yr (near-tied bill ABS $8); rate 1.33% vs Kodiak Island Borough 0.87%.
Medina County, OH
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,560/yr (near-tied bill ABS $9); rate 1.24% vs Kodiak Island Borough 0.87%.
Sherburne County, MN
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,560/yr (near-tied bill ABS $9); rate 0.99% vs Kodiak Island Borough 0.87%.
Alaska county set
State ACS overview for every published Alaska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Kodiak Island Borough 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 Kodiak Island Borough (UNDER · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.