Average Rent in Alaska (2026) — HUD Fair Market Rents
The average two-bedroom rent in Alaska is $1,569 per month by HUD's FY 2026 Fair Market Rent data (population-weighted); two-bedroom FMRs range from $973 to $2,191 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 +2.8% versus FY 2025).
All 30 Alaska FMR areas
Sorted by two-bedroom rent, highest first. 3 metro areas; the rest are non-metro county areas. "vs FY 2025" 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 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleutians West Census Area, AK Non-metro | $1,571 | $1,670 | $2,191 | $2,652 | $2,901 | +9.0% |
| Kodiak Island Borough, AK Non-metro | $1,431 | $1,581 | $2,075 | $2,488 | $2,747 | +11.2% |
| Bethel Census Area, AK Non-metro | $1,688 | $1,719 | $1,938 | $2,324 | $2,566 | +2.0% |
| Northwest Arctic Borough, AK Non-metro | $1,331 | $1,471 | $1,930 | $2,547 | $2,676 | +2.6% |
| Juneau City and Borough, AK Non-metro | $1,212 | $1,340 | $1,758 | $2,368 | $2,679 | +0.3% |
| Fairbanks-College, AK MSA Metro | $1,156 | $1,277 | $1,676 | $2,331 | $2,812 | +0.4% |
| Skagway Municipality, AK Non-metro | $1,133 | $1,253 | $1,644 | $2,245 | $2,708 | +3.1% |
| Anchorage, AK HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,152 | $1,243 | $1,631 | $2,268 | $2,736 | +4.4% |
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK Non-metro | $1,120 | $1,238 | $1,625 | $2,260 | $2,726 | +5.7% |
| North Slope Borough, AK Non-metro | $1,115 | $1,239 | $1,625 | $1,958 | $2,664 | -10.0% |
| Sitka City and Borough, AK Non-metro | $1,099 | $1,350 | $1,566 | $2,178 | $2,627 | +4.5% |
| Nome Census Area, AK Non-metro | $1,227 | $1,334 | $1,533 | $2,132 | $2,525 | +3.8% |
| Chugach Census Area, AK Non-metro | $1,038 | $1,374 | $1,506 | $2,094 | $2,526 | +3.6% |
| Petersburg Borough Non-metro | $1,049 | $1,211 | $1,463 | $1,754 | $2,022 | +7.2% |
| Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, AK Non-metro | $1,007 | $1,113 | $1,460 | $1,751 | $1,933 | +1.2% |
| Yakutat City and Borough, AK Non-metro | $995 | $1,094 | $1,388 | $1,753 | $2,286 | +7.3% |
| Aleutians East Borough, AK Non-metro | $993 | $1,263 | $1,385 | $1,661 | $2,281 | +1.8% |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK HUD Metro FMR Area Metro | $1,015 | $1,049 | $1,376 | $1,914 | $2,308 | -0.6% |
| Haines Borough, AK Non-metro | $945 | $1,033 | $1,321 | $1,771 | $2,088 | -10.0% |
| Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, AK Non-metro | $942 | $1,198 | $1,313 | $1,826 | $2,162 | +5.0% |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK Non-metro | $993 | $1,000 | $1,312 | $1,825 | $2,201 | +5.4% |
| Dillingham Census Area, AK Non-metro | $894 | $1,138 | $1,247 | $1,734 | $2,054 | +0.3% |
| Bristol Bay Borough, AK Non-metro | $891 | $1,134 | $1,243 | $1,729 | $2,047 | -0.8% |
| Wrangell City and Borough, AK Non-metro | $921 | $928 | $1,217 | $1,682 | $2,042 | +9.4% |
| Denali Borough, AK Non-metro | $851 | $935 | $1,187 | $1,651 | $1,955 | -6.6% |
| Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK Non-metro | $827 | $1,030 | $1,153 | $1,464 | $1,899 | +10.0% |
| Copper River Census Area, AK Non-metro | $810 | $930 | $1,130 | $1,572 | $1,896 | +6.3% |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK Non-metro | $981 | $1,019 | $1,126 | $1,566 | $1,854 | +2.9% |
| Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK Non-metro | $739 | $894 | $1,030 | $1,391 | $1,596 | +6.2% |
| Kusilvak Census Area Non-metro | $698 | $767 | $973 | $1,353 | $1,602 | +4.3% |
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About this data
Source: HUD FY 2026 Fair Market Rents, county-level file (revised), 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, 2025 through September 30, 2026; last regenerated from HUD's file on 2026-07-20. 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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