Alaska · County property tax · ACS 2024
Yakutat City and Borough Property Taxes
The median homeowner in Yakutat City and Borough pays $1,463 a year, an effective rate of 0.67%, well below the U.S. average.
- $1,463
- Median tax / yr · Below-median bill
- 0.67%
- Effective rate · Below-median rate
- -27%
- vs U.S. average
- #16 of 28
- rank in AK
The verdict
Homeowners in Yakutat City and Borough pay a median $1,463 a year in property tax, an effective rate of 0.67%, more affordable than 63% of U.S. counties (Census ACS 2024).
- $1,463
- Median annual tax bill, 2024
- 0.67%
- Effective rate on median home
- #1158 of 3135
- U.S. counties by tax burden
- -27%
- vs the national average bill
Effective rate is the median property tax bill divided by the median home value ($219,400). U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024.
Census Bureau ACS property tax data for Alaska. Population: 527. Owner-occupied homes: 116.
The median annual property tax in Yakutat City and Borough is $1,463, which is 62% lower than the Alaska state average and 27% below the national average. The effective tax rate is 0.67% on a median home value of $219,400. Property taxes represent 1.7% of the median household income in this county.
Yakutat City and Borough's rate standing among U.S. counties
Primary signal
The effective rate sits near the national middle
Yakutat City and Borough's 0.67% effective rate sits near the middle of 3,135 tracked counties (more affordable than 63%).
Decision signal 2
The bill sits well below the national median
Homeowners in Yakutat City and Borough pay a median annual property tax of $1,463, well below the national median and far below the Alaska state median. On a $219,400 median home, that works out to an effective rate of 0.67% once the local assessment base and millage are combined.
Decision signal 3
Income carries a light tax share
Property taxes in Yakutat City and Borough run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $85,000 median household income.
Decision signal 4
Near the middle of Alaska counties by effective rate
Yakutat City and Borough ranks #16 of 28 counties in Alaska by effective rate (43% of in-state counties pay a lower rate).
Informational notice
Figures describe the median homeowner household in Yakutat 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.
Most of the market's rise reached the bill
The effective rate here moved 12.2% down between 2020 and 2024, a smaller shift than in 50% of U.S. counties. With the median home value rose 28.2%, the median bill rose 12.5% to $1,463: 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 $1,300 to $1,463, a gain of 13%. This is a comparison of published ACS medians, not an explanation of a particular property's assessment or tax bill.
The largest single group of owner-occupied homes in this county reports no real estate tax at all: 53 of 116 homes (45.7%). When that group leads, the county median does not describe the most common reported amount.
Top-quartile earnings meet a below-median rate, putting the median bill at 1.7% of median household income. Counties in this position span a wide range on the ratio above, because the dollar bill tracks home values rather than the rate.
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 Yakutat City and Borough Homeowners Actually Pay
Most Yakutat City and Borough homeowners are not billed at all: 53 of 116 owner-occupied homes (45.7%) report no real estate tax. A median bill describes only the minority who pay one.
- Less than $800 3.4% (4)
- $800 to $1,499 25.0% (29)
- $1,500 to $1,999 8.6% (10)
- $2,000 to $2,999 12.1% (14)
- $3,000 or more 5.2% (6)
Census ACS 2024, table B25102. Bands and the no-tax share sum to 100%.
53 homes here (45.7%) report no real estate tax at all, an unusually large share, high enough that the median bill above describes a minority of Yakutat City and Borough homeowners. Exemptions are set by state: how Alaska handles assessments and appeals.
With vs Without Mortgage
In Yakutat City and Borough, mortgaged homeowners pay 23% more than those without a mortgage, a gap that typically tracks higher home values rather than a different tax rate.
Yakutat City and Borough's effective rate vs peers
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value), ACS 2024.
Yakutat City and Borough's effective rate is higher than 43% of the 28 counties in Alaska - ranking #16 of 28.
Where Yakutat City and Borough sits among every U.S. county
Effective property tax rate (median tax ÷ median home value)
0.67% Among the most affordable more affordable than 63% of 3,135 U.S. counties
Show national distribution
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Source U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2024
Below Alaska on both measures
Yakutat City and Borough's effective rate runs 40% under the Alaska median and its bill 62% under. Both sitting on the same side means the gap is not a valuation artefact: a county can post a low rate purely because its homes are expensive, but then the bill rises to meet the state. Here it does not, so the $1,463 median bill reflects a genuinely lighter charge than the Alaska norm rather than a different denominator. Compare it against the state page before reading anything into the county rank.
Yakutat City and Borough vs Benchmarks
| Metric | Yakutat City and Borough | Alaska Avg | U.S. Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median Annual Tax Below-median bill | |||
| Effective Tax Rate Below-median rate | |||
| Median Home Value | |||
| Tax as % of income Light income burden | 1.7% | - | - |
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.
Yakutat City and Borough is QUIET · LIGHT on ACS medians, still verify your parcel card before quoting the county figure. Estimate appeal savings · Alaska counties.
Yakutat City and Borough rate trail · QUIET
| Year | Median Tax (vs prior release) | Effective Rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1,463 +3.8% | 0.67% |
| 2023 | $1,410 +9.9% | 0.76% |
| 2022 | $1,283 +9.1% | 0.84% |
| 2021 | $1,176 -9.5% | 0.70% |
| 2020 | $1,300 | 0.76% |
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.
Yakutat City and Borough: tax takes only 1.7% of income
Counties near Yakutat City and Borough's effective rate
On effective rate, Yakutat City and Borough sits nearest Merced County (CA), Santa Clara County (CA), Hernando County (FL).
On published median-tax change, the nearest matches are New Kent County (VA), Rockbridge County (VA), Washington County (MD).
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 Yakutat City and Borough Schedule A rows
The IRS county file records no returns reporting real estate taxes on Schedule A for Yakutat 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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Yakutat City and Borough rate FAQs
- How does Yakutat City and Borough property tax compare to the national average?
- Property taxes in Yakutat City and Borough run well below the national median of $1,993, an effective rate of 0.67% versus 0.92% nationally.
- What is the average property tax in Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska?
- The median annual property tax in Yakutat City and Borough is $1,463, an effective rate of 0.67% on a $219,400 median home (Census ACS, 2024).
- What is the tax affordability score for Yakutat City and Borough?
- Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska scores C+ (64/100) 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 income room at B+ (1.7%). 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 Yakutat City and Borough?
- Property taxes in Yakutat City and Borough run a bit below the commonly cited 2%-4% national benchmark, at about 1.7% of the $85,000 median household income.
- Are property taxes increasing in Yakutat City and Borough?
- The ACS median property-tax bill for Yakutat City and Borough climbed 12.5% between the 2020 and 2024 5-year releases, from $1,300 to $1,463, 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 Yakutat City and Borough's QUIET rate
Yakutat City and Borough's $1,463 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 1.7% of Yakutat City and Borough's $85,000 median household income goes to the property-tax bill.
Nationwide peers by effective rate (then bill)
Rate-first peers for Yakutat 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: 0.67%.
Similar median bill
Nearest out-of-state counties by ACS median annual tax. This county: $1,463/yr. Rate peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Read with Yakutat City and Borough
Nearest ABS(median_tax) ACS peers for Yakutat City and Borough (QUIET · LIGHT), replacing the old fixed Keep exploring strip.
QUIET LIGHT
Pulaski County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · tied with Yakutat City and Borough at $1,463/yr; rate 0.93% vs Yakutat City and Borough 0.67%.
McIntosh County, GA
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,462/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.80% vs Yakutat City and Borough 0.67%.
Ogemaw County, MI
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,464/yr (near-tied bill ABS $1); rate 0.95% vs Yakutat City and Borough 0.67%.
Brown County, KS
ABS(median_tax) peer · $1,461/yr (near-tied bill ABS $2); rate 1.24% vs Yakutat City and Borough 0.67%.
Alaska county set
State ACS overview for every published Alaska county rate and median bill.
Assessment cycle basics
Yakutat City and 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 Yakutat City and Borough (QUIET · LIGHT) - ACS medians, not a parcel bill.