Property tax in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in Dillingham Census Area, Alaska is $2,738 a year, which is about 1.72% of the county's median home value of $159,000. That effective rate is higher than the typical Alaska county (0.69%) and higher than the national median (0.81%). These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024); your own bill depends on your home's assessed value and any exemptions.

Estimate the property tax on a home in Dillingham Census Area

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Dillingham Census Area's average effective rate of 1.72% (Census). The real bill depends on the home's assessed value, the millage where it sits and any exemptions.

Home market value

Estimated property tax: $2,735 / year

Property tax in Dillingham Census Area at a glance

Dillingham Census Area, Alaska property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$2,738
Median home value	$159,000
Effective tax rate	1.72%
Typical Alaska county rate	0.69%
National median county rate	0.81%

Effective rate = median real estate taxes paid divided by median home value. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

How does Dillingham Census Area compare in Alaska?

Among Alaska's 28 counties, Dillingham Census Area has the highest effective property-tax rate. That places it among the most heavily taxed counties in the state. Nationally, it ranks 177th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Alaska county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Dillingham Census Area actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Dillingham Census Area's 861 owner-occupied homes, 15.2% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 22.7% pay at least $2,000, and 4.1% pay under $800. Another 65.6% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Dillingham Census Area homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	35	4.1%
$800 to $1,499	15	1.7%
$1,500 to $1,999	50	5.8%
$2,000 to $2,999	65	7.5%
$3,000 or more	131	15.2%
No property tax paid	565	65.6%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $3,309 and owners without one pay $2,171. Owners who have paid off a home have usually held it longer, and in states that cap how fast an existing owner's assessment can rise, long-held homes carry lower assessed values. Census table B25103.

How does the Dillingham Census Area property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $2,738 is about 3.2% of the median income of Dillingham Census Area homeowner households, $86,188 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 61.4% of Dillingham Census Area's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.

Have property taxes gone up in Dillingham Census Area?

The survey cannot tell. The median bill was $2,408 in 2015-2019 and $2,738 in 2020-2024, but that $330 difference is inside the Census's own margin of error for a county this size, so it could be sampling noise rather than a real change.

Two Census ACS 5-year periods with no survey years in common, in each period's own dollars. A change counts only if it exceeds the combined 90% margin of error.

Property tax in counties next to Dillingham Census Area

Dillingham Census Area borders 3 counties.

Dillingham Census Area and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Dillingham Census Area, AK (this county)	1.72%	$2,738	$159,000
Bristol Bay Borough, AK	0.83%	$2,045	$245,800
Bethel Census Area, AK	at most 0.12%	under $200	$168,100
Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK	not published	not published	$237,500

How is a home assessed in Dillingham Census Area?

Alaska assesses homes at 100% of market value in every county, Dillingham Census Area included. How Alaska assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Dillingham Census Area?

Not statewide. Alaska lets each municipality adopt, with voter ratification, a residential exemption of up to $75,000 of assessed value. That is the Alaska rule, and it applies in Dillingham Census Area. Alaska's exemptions and relief programs in full.

When are property taxes due in Dillingham Census Area?

Alaska sets no statewide payment date. State law requires each municipality to fix its levy rate before June 15 and mail tax statements by July 1, but the actual payment and delinquency dates are set locally. State law contemplates that a municipality may allow two installments but does not require it, so whether you get one bill or two depends on where you live. Recent due dates among the larger boroughs spread from late June to November 1.

That is the Alaska rule. Dillingham Census Area issues and collects the bill, so the dates printed on your statement are the ones that bind you.

How to appeal your Dillingham Census Area property assessment

You contest the assessed value with the your local board of equalization, appointed by the borough or city governing body. The filing deadline is typically 30 days after the date the assessment notice was mailed. That is the Alaska rule; Dillingham Census Area sets the exact dates and forms. The Alaska appeal process step by step.

Alaska rules from primary state sources, reviewed September 7, 2026; sources on the Alaska page.

Work out your own numbers

Sources

Median real estate taxes paid and median home value for Dillingham Census Area, Alaska: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2020-2024), tables B25103, B25077, B25102, B25119 and B25003; the five-year comparison uses the 2015-2019 estimates. Neighboring counties: Census county adjacency file.