Alaska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Matanuska-Susitna Borough pays $3,685 a year, an effective rate of 1.06%, far above the U.S. average.
- $3,685
- Median tax / yr · Highest-decile bill
- 1.06%
- Effective rate · Above-median rate
- +85%
- vs U.S. average
- #8 of 28
- rank in AK
The verdict
Homeowners in Matanuska-Susitna Borough pay a median $3,685 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 1.06%, more affordable than 31% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $3,685
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 1.06%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2165 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- +85%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($346,600). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Alaska. Population: 112,988. Owner-occupied homes: 30,792.
The median annual property tax in Matanuska-Susitna Borough is $3,685, which is 6% lower than the Alaska state average and 85% above the national average. The effective tax rate is 1.06% on a median home value of $346,600. Property taxes represent 3.9% of the median household income in this county.
Why Matanuska-Susitna Borough's ACS bill runs high vs the U.S.
Primary signal
The bill sits well above the national median
Homeowners in Matanuska-Susitna Borough pay a median annual property tax of $3,685, far above the national median and modestly below the Alaska state median. On a $346,600 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 1.06% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 2
Near the middle of Alaska counties by effective rate
Matanuska-Susitna Borough ranks #8 of 28 counties in Alaska by effective rate (71% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 3
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Matanuska-Susitna Borough's 1.06% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 31%).
Decision signal 4
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Matanuska-Susitna Borough run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.9% of the $94,031 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Matanuska-Susitna 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.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 9.3% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 63% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 34.4%, the median bill rose 21.9% to $3,685: the rate did comparatively little to offset the market.
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 $3,023 to $3,685, a gain of 22%. 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: 16,930 of 30,792 owner-occupied homes (55.0%) 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 3.9% 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
20.7% of Matanuska-Susitna Borough homes owned free and clear (2,103 of 10,164) report no property tax at all, against 8.7% 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 Matanuska-Susitna Borough Homeowners Actually Pay
The single largest group of Matanuska-Susitna Borough homeowners, 16,930 of 30,792 owner-occupied homes (55.0%), pays $3,000 or more a year. The median is one point in this spread, not a typical bill.
- Less than $800 7.6% (2,334)
- $800 to $1,499 5.9% (1,819)
- $1,500 to $1,999 5.5% (1,690)
- $2,000 to $2,999 13.4% (4,120)
- $3,000 or more 55.0% (16,930)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
3,899 homes here (12.7%) 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 Matanuska-Susitna Borough pay a substantially higher bill, 36% more, pointing to a wide home-value gap between the two groups.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough's bill vs state & U.S. medians
Median annual bill bars around Matanuska-Susitna Borough's HEAVY ACS 2024 figure.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough's median bill is 6% below the Alaska median and 85% above the U.S. median.
Close to the Alaska median on both measures
Rate and bill both land within 10% of the Alaska medians here, which makes Matanuska-Susitna Borough a reasonable stand-in for the state when comparing against counties elsewhere. It also means the county-level figure adds little beyond the state figure for this particular comparison; the $3,685 median bill and the state median tell substantially the same story.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Matanuska-Susitna 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 | 3.9% | - | - |
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 Matanuska-Susitna Borough's $3,685 median bill appeal-worthy?
At Matanuska-Susitna Borough's $3,685 ACS median (HEAVY), a 10% assessment cut is worth about $369/yr before exemptions. Appeal Savings Estimator · appeal guide for Alaska.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough bill trail · HEAVY
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3,685 +4.9% | 1.06% |
| 2023 | $3,512 +3.2% | 1.10% |
| 2022 | $3,402 +6.3% | 1.15% |
| 2021 | $3,201 +5.9% | 1.21% |
| 2020 | $3,023 | 1.17% |
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.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough: tax-to-income at 3.9%
Counties near Matanuska-Susitna Borough's median bill
On effective rate, Matanuska-Susitna Borough sits nearest Crawford County (KS), Allegany County (MD), Norfolk County (MA).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Pulaski County (AR), Hood County (TX), Butler 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
Matanuska-Susitna Borough: only 5% of returns show Schedule A real-estate tax
Tax year 2022: 2,350 of 51,190 returns from Matanuska-Susitna Borough reported real estate taxes, averaging $6,017 - 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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Matanuska-Susitna Borough bill FAQs
- How does Matanuska-Susitna Borough property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Matanuska-Susitna Borough run far above the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 1.06% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska?
- The median annual property tax in Matanuska-Susitna Borough is $3,685, an effective rate of 1.06% on a $346,600 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Matanuska-Susitna Borough?
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska scores F (19/100) 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 (1.06%). 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 Matanuska-Susitna Borough?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Matanuska-Susitna Borough jumped 21.9% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $3,023 to $3,685, 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 Matanuska-Susitna Borough?
- Property taxes in Matanuska-Susitna Borough run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 3.9% of the $94,031 median household income.
What to do with Matanuska-Susitna Borough's HEAVY bill
Matanuska-Susitna Borough's $3,685 median bill sits well above the U.S. median - size a personal estimate before treating the county headline as your budget. Estimate your bill →
Matanuska-Susitna Borough ranks #8 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 Matanuska-Susitna 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: 1.06%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $3,685/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Matanuska-Susitna Borough
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Matanuska-Susitna Borough (PAR · HEAVY), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
PAR HEAVY
Oneida County, NY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,690/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 2.02% vs Matanuska-Susitna Borough 1.06%.
Poquoson city, VA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,690/yr (near-tied bill ABS $5); rate 0.92% vs Matanuska-Susitna Borough 1.06%.
Winnebago County, WI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,679/yr (near-tied bill ABS $6); rate 1.63% vs Matanuska-Susitna Borough 1.06%.
Orleans County, VT
ABS(median_tax) peer · $3,692/yr (near-tied bill ABS $7); rate 1.65% vs Matanuska-Susitna Borough 1.06%.
Alaska county set
State ACS overview for every published Alaska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Matanuska-Susitna Borough stamps PAR · 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 Matanuska-Susitna Borough (PAR · HEAVY) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.