Property tax in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska

By Brent Chudoba, editor Updated September 23, 2026

The median property tax bill in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska is $3,569 a year, which is about 0.87% of the county's median home value of $412,300. 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 Kodiak Island Borough

Enter a home's market value for a ballpark at Kodiak Island Borough's average effective rate of 0.87% (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: $3,587 / year

Property tax in Kodiak Island Borough at a glance

Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska property tax (Census ACS, reviewed September 23, 2026)
Measure	Value
Median annual property tax	$3,569
Median home value	$412,300
Effective tax rate	0.87%
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 Kodiak Island Borough compare in Alaska?

Among Alaska's 28 counties, Kodiak Island Borough has the 11th highest effective property-tax rate: 10 rank higher and 17 rank lower. That is on the higher side for Alaska. Nationally, it ranks 1408th of 3135 US counties by effective rate. See every Alaska county ranked.

How much do homeowners in Kodiak Island Borough actually pay?

The median is only the middle bill. Across Kodiak Island Borough's 2,834 owner-occupied homes, 53.2% pay $3,000 or more a year in property tax, 68.3% pay at least $2,000, and 4.6% pay under $800. Another 9.3% report paying no property tax at all, which usually means an exemption covers the whole bill.

Annual property tax paid by Kodiak Island Borough homeowners (Census ACS 2020-2024)
Annual bill	Homes	Share
Under $800	130	4.6%
$800 to $1,499	485	17.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	21	0.7%
$2,000 to $2,999	428	15.1%
$3,000 or more	1,507	53.2%
No property tax paid	263	9.3%

Owners with a mortgage pay a median of $4,244 and owners without one pay $2,254. 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 Kodiak Island Borough property tax bill compare with local incomes?

The median property tax bill of $3,569 is about 3.9% of the median income of Kodiak Island Borough homeowner households, $91,524 a year. That compares two middles, so a retiree in a long-held home can pay a far larger share. 61.1% of Kodiak Island Borough's occupied homes are lived in by their owners; renters pay property tax too, just folded into rent.

Have property taxes gone up in Kodiak Island Borough?

The survey cannot tell. The median bill was $3,289 in 2015-2019 and $3,569 in 2020-2024, but that $280 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 Kodiak Island Borough

Kodiak Island Borough borders 2 counties.

Kodiak Island Borough and its neighbors, highest effective rate first (Census ACS 2020-2024)
County	Effective rate	Median bill	Median home value
Kodiak Island Borough, AK (this county)	0.87%	$3,569	$412,300
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK	0.63%	$2,049	$323,200
Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK	not published	not published	$237,500

How is a home assessed in Kodiak Island Borough?

Alaska assesses homes at 100% of market value in every county, Kodiak Island Borough included. How Alaska assesses and reappraises homes.

Is there a homestead exemption in Kodiak Island Borough?

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 Kodiak Island Borough. Alaska's exemptions and relief programs in full.

When are property taxes due in Kodiak Island Borough?

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. Kodiak Island Borough issues and collects the bill, so the dates printed on your statement are the ones that bind you.

How to appeal your Kodiak Island Borough 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; Kodiak Island Borough 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 Kodiak Island Borough, 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.