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Cost of living in Ketchikan, Alaska

Ketchikan, Alaska has about 8,078 people. Typical rent is $1,417 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $85,275 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

Ranked #15 in Alaska on the 2026 Most Affordable Towns Index.

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,417 a month.

Ketchikan is a city in Alaska. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $85,275 a year.

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People
8,078
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,417
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$85,275
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$352,400
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,733
Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK

Ketchikan, Alaska has about 8,078 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $352,400.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Ketchikan Gateway Borough is $1,733 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Ketchikan. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Alaska's prices sit at 102.4 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Alaska does not tax wages. A typical combined sales tax is 1.8% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Ketchikan's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Alaska home paid 28.83¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Ketchikan's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Alaska in the table we use.

Among 63 places we list in Alaska with a rent figure, 20 have higher typical rent than Ketchikan.

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.