Alaska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Kusilvak Census Area Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Kusilvak Census Area pays $199 a year, an effective rate of 0.24%, far below the U.S. average.
- $199
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.24%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -90%
- vs U.S. average
- #24 of 28
- rank in AK
The verdict
Homeowners in Kusilvak Census Area pay a median $199 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.24%, more affordable than 99% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $199
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.24%
- Effective rate on median home
- #19 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -90%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($84,300). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Alaska. Population: 8,176. Owner-occupied homes: 1,338.
The median annual property tax in Kusilvak Census Area is $199, which is 95% lower than the Alaska state average and 90% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.24% on a median home value of $84,300. Property taxes represent 0.4% of the median household income in this county.
Kusilvak Census Area's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Kusilvak Census Area's 0.24% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 99% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Kusilvak Census Area pay a median annual property tax of $199, far below the national median and far below the Alaska state median. On a $84,300 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.24% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Kusilvak Census Area run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 0.4% of the $51,471 median household income.
Decision signal 4
High among Alaska counties by effective rate
Kusilvak Census Area ranks #24 of 28 counties in Alaska by effective rate (14% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Kusilvak 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.
A falling rate took the edge off
Kusilvak Census Area's effective rate fell 13.6% across the 4-year span while its median home value rose 15.8%, leaving the median bill 0.0% higher at $199. That rate move is larger than the one in 57% of counties, so a good deal of the market's rise never reached the bill.
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 $199 to $199, a change of 0%. The comparison describes county-level medians only; individual assessments and bills can differ.
The largest single group of owner-occupied homes in this county reports no real estate tax at all: 1,238 of 1,338 homes (92.5%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
Both sides of this comparison sit low: household income here is in the bottom quarter of US counties, and so is the effective tax rate. The median bill works out at 0.4% of median household income, which is the arithmetic of a modest levy on modest earnings rather than of any deliberate relief.
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 Kusilvak Census Area Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Kusilvak Census Area homeowners are not billed at all: 1,238 of 1,338 owner-occupied homes (92.5%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 7.0% (94)
- $800 to $1,499 0.0% (0)
- $1,500 to $1,999 0.0% (0)
- $2,000 to $2,999 0.2% (3)
- $3,000 or more 0.2% (3)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,238 homes here (92.5%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Kusilvak Census Area homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Alaska handles assessments and appeals.
Kusilvak Census Area's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Kusilvak Census Area's effective rate is higher than 14% of the 28 counties in Alaska - ranking #24 of 28.
Where Kusilvak Census Area sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.24% Among the most affordable more affordable than 99% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Among the lowest-taxed counties in the country
At 0.24%, Kusilvak Census Area sits in the lowest 1% of all U.S. counties by effective property-tax rate. A low rate does not by itself mean a low bill: the median here is $199, and what a homeowner actually pays depends as much on local home values as on the rate.
Kusilvak Census Area vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Kusilvak Census Area | Alaska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Very low bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Very low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Very light income burden | 0.4% | - | - |
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.
Kusilvak Census Area is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Alaska counties.
Kusilvak Census Area rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $199 +0.0% | 0.24% |
| 2023 | $199 +0.0% | 0.27% |
| 2022 | $199 +0.0% | 0.24% |
| 2021 | $199 +0.0% | 0.30% |
| 2020 | $199 | 0.27% |
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.
Kusilvak Census Area: tax takes only 0.4% of income
Counties near Kusilvak Census Area's effective rate
On effective rate, Kusilvak Census Area sits nearest Lamar County (AL), Slope County (ND), Las Animas County (CO).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Bergen County (NJ), Essex County (NJ), Union County (NJ).
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
IRS county file: no disclosed Kusilvak Census Area Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Kusilvak Census Area. That is a limit of the published data rather than a finding about the county: county-level figures are withheld where the counts are too small to disclose safely, which is common in places with few filers. Roughly one county in sixteen is in this position, so the filer view available elsewhere on this site is simply not available here. Source: IRS Statistics of Income county data.
Other Counties in Alaska
Kusilvak Census Area rate FAQs
- How does Kusilvak Census Area property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Kusilvak Census Area run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.24% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska?
- The median annual property tax in Kusilvak Census Area is $199, an effective rate of 0.24% on a $84,300 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Kusilvak Census Area?
- Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska scores A+ (100/100) on PlainPropertyTax's tax affordability composite across 4 Census ACS dimensions (effective rate, bill size, income share, mortgage gap, and home-value/income). Its strongest scored dimension here is rate relief at A+ (0.24%). 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 percentage of income goes to property taxes in Kusilvak Census Area?
- Property taxes in Kusilvak Census Area run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 0.4% of the $51,471 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Kusilvak Census Area?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Kusilvak Census Area held roughly steady, up 0.0% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $199 to $199, 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 Kusilvak Census Area's QUIET rate
Kusilvak Census Area's $199 median bill sits well below the U.S. median - still size a parcel estimate; local millage and exemptions move the real bill. Estimate your bill →
Income burden is light here: about 0.4% of Kusilvak Census Area's $51,471 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Kusilvak Census Area'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: 0.24%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $199/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Kusilvak Census Area
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Kusilvak Census Area (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Aleutians East Borough, AK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Kusilvak Census Area at $199/yr; rate 0.15% vs Kusilvak Census Area 0.24%.
Bethel Census Area, AK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Kusilvak Census Area at $199/yr; rate 0.12% vs Kusilvak Census Area 0.24%.
Copper River Census Area, AK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Kusilvak Census Area at $199/yr; rate 0.07% vs Kusilvak Census Area 0.24%.
Northwest Arctic Borough, AK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Kusilvak Census Area at $199/yr; rate 0.10% vs Kusilvak Census Area 0.24%.
Alaska county set
State ACS overview for every published Alaska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Kusilvak Census Area stamps QUIET · LIGHT - 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 Kusilvak Census Area (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.