Alaska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Northwest Arctic Borough Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Northwest Arctic Borough pays $199 a year, an effective rate of 0.10%, far below the U.S. average.
- $199
- Median tax / yr · Very low bill
- 0.10%
- Effective rate · Very low rate
- -90%
- vs U.S. average
- #27 of 28
- rank in AK
The verdict
Homeowners in Northwest Arctic Borough pay a median $199 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.10%, more affordable than 100% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $199
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.10%
- Effective rate on median home
- #2 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 ($199,100). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Alaska. Population: 7,441. Owner-occupied homes: 1,175.
The median annual property tax in Northwest Arctic Borough is $199, which is 95% lower than the Alaska state average and 90% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.10% on a median home value of $199,100. Property taxes represent 0.2% of the median household income in this county.
Northwest Arctic Borough's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate is a national tailwind
Northwest Arctic Borough's 0.10% effective rate is among the lowest of 3,135 tracked counties: roughly 100% pay a higher rate.
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Northwest Arctic Borough pay a median annual property tax of $199, far below the national median and far below the Alaska state median. On a $199,100 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.10% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Northwest Arctic Borough run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 0.2% of the $84,018 median household income.
Decision signal 4
High among Alaska counties by effective rate
Northwest Arctic Borough ranks #27 of 28 counties in Alaska by effective rate (4% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Northwest Arctic 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 Northwest Arctic Borough rose 58.3%, from $125,800 to $199,100. The effective rate fell 36.8% over the same span, a steeper move than in 99% of U.S. counties.
The median bill still rose 0.0%, to $199. 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 $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: 1,076 of 1,175 homes (91.6%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
The most forgiving PAIRING in the data, top-quartile household income with a bottom-quartile effective rate, puts the median bill at 0.2% of median household income. Home values still drive the dollar figure, which is why the ratio above varies widely among counties that share this position.
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 Northwest Arctic Borough Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Northwest Arctic Borough homeowners are not billed at all: 1,076 of 1,175 owner-occupied homes (91.6%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 8.1% (95)
- $800 to $1,499 0.3% (4)
- $1,500 to $1,999 0.0% (0)
- $2,000 to $2,999 0.0% (0)
- $3,000 or more 0.0% (0)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
1,076 homes here (91.6%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Northwest Arctic Borough homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Alaska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
Mortgaged and non-mortgaged homeowners in Northwest Arctic Borough pay about the same bill, a 0% gap.
Northwest Arctic Borough's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Northwest Arctic Borough's effective rate is higher than 4% of the 28 counties in Alaska - ranking #27 of 28.
Where Northwest Arctic Borough sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.10% 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 0.10%, Northwest Arctic Borough 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.
Northwest Arctic Borough vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Northwest Arctic Borough | 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 | 0.2% | - | - |
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.
Northwest Arctic Borough is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Alaska counties.
Northwest Arctic Borough rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $199 +0.0% | 0.10% |
| 2023 | $199 +0.0% | 0.12% |
| 2022 | $199 +0.0% | 0.14% |
| 2021 | $199 +0.0% | 0.15% |
| 2020 | $199 | 0.16% |
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.
Northwest Arctic Borough: tax takes only 0.2% of income
Counties near Northwest Arctic Borough's effective rate
On effective rate, Northwest Arctic Borough sits nearest East Feliciana Parish (LA), Maui County (HI), Choctaw County (AL).
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 Northwest Arctic Borough Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Northwest Arctic Borough. 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.
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Northwest Arctic Borough rate FAQs
- How does Northwest Arctic Borough property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Northwest Arctic Borough run far below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.10% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska?
- The median annual property tax in Northwest Arctic Borough is $199, an effective rate of 0.10% on a $199,100 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Northwest Arctic Borough?
- Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska scores A+ (96/100) 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 A+ (0.10%). 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 Northwest Arctic Borough?
- Property taxes in Northwest Arctic Borough run well below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 0.2% of the $84,018 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Northwest Arctic Borough?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Northwest Arctic Borough 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 Northwest Arctic Borough's QUIET rate
Northwest Arctic Borough'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 0.2% of Northwest Arctic Borough's $84,018 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Northwest Arctic 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: 0.10%.
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 Northwest Arctic Borough
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Northwest Arctic Borough (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Aleutians East Borough, AK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Northwest Arctic Borough at $199/yr; rate 0.15% vs Northwest Arctic Borough 0.10%.
Bethel Census Area, AK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Northwest Arctic Borough at $199/yr; rate 0.12% vs Northwest Arctic Borough 0.10%.
Copper River Census Area, AK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Northwest Arctic Borough at $199/yr; rate 0.07% vs Northwest Arctic Borough 0.10%.
Kusilvak Census Area, AK
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Northwest Arctic Borough at $199/yr; rate 0.24% vs Northwest Arctic Borough 0.10%.
Alaska county set
State ACS overview for every published Alaska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Northwest Arctic Borough 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 Northwest Arctic Borough (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.