Alaska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Wrangell City and Borough Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Wrangell City and Borough pays $1,673 a year, an effective rate of 0.56%, notably lower than the U.S. average.
- $1,673
- Median tax / yr · Above-median bill
- 0.56%
- Effective rate · Low rate
- -16%
- vs U.S. average
- #19 of 28
- rank in AK
The verdict
Homeowners in Wrangell City and Borough pay a median $1,673 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.56%, more affordable than 76% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,673
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.56%
- Effective rate on median home
- #740 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -16%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($296,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Alaska. Population: 2,088. Owner-occupied homes: 577.
The median annual property tax in Wrangell City and Borough is $1,673, which is 57% lower than the Alaska state average and 16% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.56% on a median home value of $296,400. Property taxes represent 2.6% of the median household income in this county.
Wrangell City and Borough's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Wrangell City and Borough's 0.56% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 76%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits below the Alaska median
Homeowners in Wrangell City and Borough pay a median annual property tax of $1,673, notably lower than the national median and far below the Alaska state median. On a $296,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.56% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Near the middle of Alaska counties by effective rate
Wrangell City and Borough ranks #19 of 28 counties in Alaska by effective rate (32% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Decision signal 4
The latest release moved the bill down
Since 2023, the published ACS median estimate has eased 6.8%, from $1,795 to $1,673. This compares two release estimates; it does not identify a local policy, assessment, exemption, or household-bill cause.
Decision signal 5
Income and the tax bill sit in the middle band
Property taxes in Wrangell City and Borough run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $63,750 median household income.
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Wrangell City and 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.
How to read this county's bill
The bill here climbed steeply over 2020-2024, up 30% from $1,291 to $1,673. These ACS medians describe the reported change; they do not identify whether a levy, assessment, home value, or change in the responding households caused it.
The largest single group of owner-occupied homes in this county reports no real estate tax at all: 159 of 577 homes (27.6%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
Household income sits in the second quarter nationally and the effective rate in the lowest, so the median bill takes 2.6% of median household income. Both figures point the same way, which is unusual enough that the ratio above is worth reading rather than assumed.
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 Wrangell City and Borough Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Wrangell City and Borough homeowners are not billed at all: 159 of 577 owner-occupied homes (27.6%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 17.0% (98)
- $800 to $1,499 14.7% (85)
- $1,500 to $1,999 13.0% (75)
- $2,000 to $2,999 14.6% (84)
- $3,000 or more 13.2% (76)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
159 homes here (27.6%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Wrangell City and Borough homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Alaska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Wrangell City and Borough, mortgaged homeowners pay 14% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Wrangell City and Borough's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Wrangell City and Borough's effective rate is higher than 32% of the 28 counties in Alaska - ranking #19 of 28.
Where Wrangell City and Borough sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.56% Among the most affordable more affordable than 76% of 3,135 U.S. counties
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
What changed since 2020
The median bill in Wrangell City and Borough moved from $1,291 in the 2020 release to $1,673 in 2024, a change of about 30%. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates compared across releases that share only one sample year, which is why this page never compares consecutive releases: those overlap in four years of the same households and move mostly on sampling.
Wrangell City and Borough vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Wrangell City and Borough | Alaska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Above-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Low rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Above-median income burden | 2.6% | - | - |
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.
Wrangell City and Borough is QUIET · MID on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Alaska counties.
Wrangell City and Borough rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,673 -6.8% | 0.56% |
| 2023 | $1,795 +0.2% | 0.62% |
| 2022 | $1,791 +28.3% | 0.65% |
| 2021 | $1,396 +8.1% | 0.60% |
| 2020 | $1,291 | 0.58% |
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.
Wrangell City and Borough: tax-to-income at 2.6%
Counties near Wrangell City and Borough's effective rate
On effective rate, Wrangell City and Borough sits nearest Benton County (AR), Clark County (AR), Conway County (AR).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are Charlevoix County (MI), Sherman County (NE), Camden County (GA).
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 Wrangell City and Borough Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Wrangell City and 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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Wrangell City and Borough rate FAQs
- How does Wrangell City and Borough property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Wrangell City and Borough run notably lower than the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.56% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska?
- The median annual property tax in Wrangell City and Borough is $1,673, an effective rate of 0.56% on a $296,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Wrangell City and Borough?
- Wrangell City and Borough, Alaska scores C- (54/100) 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 B+ (0.56%). 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 Wrangell City and Borough?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Wrangell City and Borough is recorded at $1,673 in the 2024 5-year release against $1,291 in 2020. That is a large swing, and it should be read as movement in a survey estimate rather than as a tax change: the median here rests on about 577 owner-occupied homes, and swings above 50% are roughly twelve times more common in the smallest counties than in the largest. Treat the two figures as imprecise and check the county assessor for actual rate changes.
- What percentage of income goes to property taxes in Wrangell City and Borough?
- Property taxes in Wrangell City and Borough run within the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 2.6% of the $63,750 median household income.
What to do with Wrangell City and Borough's QUIET rate
Inside Alaska, Wrangell City and Borough's $1,673 median bill runs low versus the state median - check peer counties before assuming the lowest bill is the best move. Alaska overview →
Wrangell City and Borough ranks #19 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 Wrangell City and 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: 0.56%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,673/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Wrangell City and Borough
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Wrangell City and Borough (QUIET · MID), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET MID
Hancock County, IA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Wrangell City and Borough at $1,673/yr; rate 1.18% vs Wrangell City and Borough 0.56%.
Aroostook County, ME
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,672/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 1.12% vs Wrangell City and Borough 0.56%.
Grant County, OR
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,674/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.73% vs Wrangell City and Borough 0.56%.
Mercer County, KY
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,672/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.83% vs Wrangell City and Borough 0.56%.
Alaska county set
State ACS overview for every published Alaska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Wrangell City and 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 Wrangell City and Borough (QUIET · MID) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.