Average Rent in Alaska (2027) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in Alaska is $1,519 per month by HUD's FY 2027 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $1,030 to $2,394 across 30 rent areas.
Fair Market Rent is HUD's annual estimate of what a modest rental costs in each local market — the 40th percentile of gross rents (rent plus tenant-paid utilities) for recent movers, published for studio through four-bedroom units and used to set Section 8 / Housing Choice Voucher payment standards. FMRs are a federal benchmark, not an asking-rent average: use them to sanity-check your pricing (statewide, Alaska's typical two-bedroom FMR moved -3.0% versus FY 2026).
All 30 Alaska FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 3 metro areas; the rest are non-metro county areas. "vs FY 2026" is the two-bedroom change from last year's FMR for the same area.
| Area | Studio | 1 BR | 2 BR | 3 BR | 4 BR | 2 BR vs FY 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleutians West Census Area, AK Non-metro | $1,735 | $1,830 | $2,394 | $2,852 | $3,146 | +9.3% |
| Kodiak Island Borough, AK Non-metro | $1,559 | $1,712 | $2,239 | $2,716 | $2,943 | +7.9% |
| Northwest Arctic Borough, AK Non-metro | $1,396 | $1,651 | $2,005 | $2,389 | $2,635 | +3.9% |
| Bethel Census Area, AK Non-metro | $1,738 | $1,811 | $1,971 | $2,348 | $2,590 | +1.7% |
| Juneau City and Borough, AK Non-metro | $1,258 | $1,381 | $1,807 | $2,379 | $2,889 | +2.8% |
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK Non-metro | $1,207 | $1,325 | $1,733 | $2,400 | $2,897 | +6.6% |
| Nome Census Area, AK Non-metro | $1,266 | $1,385 | $1,638 | $2,268 | $2,692 | +6.8% |
| Sitka City and Borough, AK Non-metro | $1,144 | $1,451 | $1,622 | $2,246 | $2,711 | +3.6% |
| Skagway Municipality, AK Non-metro | $1,277 | $1,427 | $1,611 | $2,231 | $2,648 | -2.0% |
| Yakutat City and Borough, AK Non-metro | $1,143 | $1,262 | $1,577 | $1,879 | $2,592 | +13.6% |
| Chugach Census Area, AK Non-metro | $1,097 | $1,447 | $1,575 | $2,181 | $2,589 | +4.6% |
| Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK Non-metro | $1,090 | $1,197 | $1,566 | $1,866 | $2,574 | +7.3% |
| Fairbanks-College, AK MSA Metro | $1,081 | $1,187 | $1,553 | $2,150 | $2,596 | -7.3% |
| Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,095 | $1,169 | $1,529 | $2,117 | $2,556 | -6.3% |
| North Slope Borough, AK Non-metro | $1,108 | $1,373 | $1,521 | $2,090 | $2,542 | -6.4% |
| Petersburg Borough Non-metro | $1,090 | $1,226 | $1,504 | $1,919 | $2,181 | +2.8% |
| Aleutians East Borough, AK Non-metro | $1,015 | $1,286 | $1,400 | $1,668 | $2,301 | +1.1% |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK Non-metro | $1,056 | $1,063 | $1,390 | $1,925 | $2,323 | +5.9% |
| Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK Non-metro | $962 | $1,219 | $1,327 | $1,837 | $2,181 | +1.1% |
| Haines Borough, AK Non-metro | $1,046 | $1,052 | $1,315 | $1,821 | $2,161 | -0.5% |
| Dillingham Census Area, AK Non-metro | $1,142 | $1,190 | $1,295 | $1,793 | $2,128 | +3.8% |
| Wrangell City and Borough, AK Non-metro | $983 | $990 | $1,295 | $1,793 | $2,128 | +6.4% |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $929 | $988 | $1,293 | $1,790 | $2,161 | -6.0% |
| Bristol Bay Borough, AK Non-metro | $920 | $1,166 | $1,269 | $1,757 | $2,086 | +2.1% |
| Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK Non-metro | $920 | $1,075 | $1,269 | $1,633 | $2,086 | +10.1% |
| Denali Borough, AK Non-metro | $884 | $976 | $1,220 | $1,689 | $2,005 | +2.8% |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK Non-metro | $952 | $958 | $1,196 | $1,656 | $1,966 | +6.2% |
| Copper River Census Area, AK Non-metro | $838 | $966 | $1,157 | $1,602 | $1,934 | +2.4% |
| Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK Non-metro | $761 | $909 | $1,050 | $1,444 | $1,755 | +1.9% |
| Kusilvak Census Area Non-metro | $746 | $824 | $1,030 | $1,416 | $1,693 | +5.9% |
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About this data
Source: HUD FY 2027 Fair Market Rents, county-level file, published at huduser.gov — a U.S. government work in the public domain, republished here unmodified. The typical-rent figure is the population-weighted average across the areas above (county populations from HUD's file); year-over-year comparisons match each area with last year's file by HUD area code. Effective October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027; last regenerated from HUD's file on 2026-09-01. FMRs cap what a housing authority can pay under the voucher program; your local Public Housing Authority's payment standard may be set between 90% and 110% of FMR. Full method notes: how the rent figures are computed.
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