Rent-burdened renters: zip codes ranked in Alaska

Share of renter households paying 30% or more of their income on rent and utilities, the standard affordability threshold. Lower is better. These lists rank zip codes in Alaska with at least 1,000 residents, using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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Zip codes where rent takes the biggest bite

#	Zip	City	Rent burden	Population
1	99714	Salcha	100%	1,106
2	99610	Kasilof	77%	2,222
3	99676	Talkeetna	69.2%	1,628
4	99702	Eielson Afb	66.1%	3,260
5	99703	Fort Wainwright	65.2%	8,304
6	99664	Seward	62.5%	4,698
7	99506	Jber	60.8%	7,028
8	99694	Houston	59%	1,516
9	99674	Sutton	58.9%	1,774
10	99639	Ninilchik	58.2%	1,175
11	99652	Big Lake	56.5%	4,313
12	99827	Haines	54.5%	2,168
13	99505	Jber	54%	5,015
14	99654	Wasilla	53.3%	44,647
15	99556	Anchor Point	53.3%	2,866
16	99603	Homer	53%	11,693
17	99737	Delta Junction	52.6%	4,774
18	99508	Anchorage	51.9%	36,458
19	99623	Wasilla	51.9%	23,424
20	99515	Anchorage	51.8%	21,870
21	99518	Anchorage	50%	9,764
22	99672	Sterling	49.8%	4,091
23	99645	Palmer	49.6%	32,103
24	99507	Anchorage	49.4%	37,301
25	99901	Ketchikan	49%	13,768
26	99709	Fairbanks	47.8%	29,551
27	99840	Skagway	47.1%	1,244
28	99835	Sitka	47%	8,368
29	99504	Anchorage	46.9%	42,093
30	99516	Anchorage	46.1%	21,500
31	99669	Soldotna	45.3%	15,395
32	99921	Craig	45.1%	1,596
33	99503	Anchorage	45%	12,964
34	99574	Cordova	43%	2,551
35	99501	Anchorage	42.5%	16,175
36	99701	Fairbanks	42.3%	18,061
37	99824	Douglas	41.7%	2,190
38	99661	Sand Point	41.7%	1,071
39	99587	Girdwood	40.5%	1,949
40	99517	Anchorage	40%	16,486
41	99611	Kenai	38.6%	16,510
42	99577	Eagle River	37.9%	28,477
43	99615	Kodiak	37.7%	12,194
44	99712	Fairbanks	36%	12,477
45	99801	Juneau	35.4%	29,588
46	99929	Wrangell	34.5%	2,087
47	99833	Petersburg	34.2%	3,409
48	99502	Anchorage	33.5%	25,006
49	99686	Valdez	32.9%	3,862
50	99576	Dillingham	32.5%	2,454
51	99723	Barrow	31.8%	4,785
52	99685	Unalaska	30.8%	3,747
53	99705	North Pole	29%	21,769
54	99762	Nome	28.9%	4,156
55	99567	Chugiak	24.5%	6,452
56	99612	King Cove	24.5%	1,352
57	99588	Glennallen	21.6%	1,037
58	99559	Bethel	20.9%	7,241
59	99752	Kotzebue	17.6%	3,056
60	99926	Metlakatla	17.6%	1,334
61	99780	Tok	12.1%	1,884
62	99688	Willow	8.7%	2,739
63	99655	Quinhagak	0%	1,311

Zip codes where rent takes the smallest bite

#	Zip	City	Rent burden	Population
1	99655	Quinhagak	0%	1,311
2	99688	Willow	8.7%	2,739
3	99780	Tok	12.1%	1,884
4	99926	Metlakatla	17.6%	1,334
5	99752	Kotzebue	17.6%	3,056
6	99559	Bethel	20.9%	7,241
7	99588	Glennallen	21.6%	1,037
8	99612	King Cove	24.5%	1,352
9	99567	Chugiak	24.5%	6,452
10	99762	Nome	28.9%	4,156
11	99705	North Pole	29%	21,769
12	99685	Unalaska	30.8%	3,747
13	99723	Barrow	31.8%	4,785
14	99576	Dillingham	32.5%	2,454
15	99686	Valdez	32.9%	3,862
16	99502	Anchorage	33.5%	25,006
17	99833	Petersburg	34.2%	3,409
18	99929	Wrangell	34.5%	2,087
19	99801	Juneau	35.4%	29,588
20	99712	Fairbanks	36%	12,477
21	99615	Kodiak	37.7%	12,194
22	99577	Eagle River	37.9%	28,477
23	99611	Kenai	38.6%	16,510
24	99517	Anchorage	40%	16,486
25	99587	Girdwood	40.5%	1,949
26	99661	Sand Point	41.7%	1,071
27	99824	Douglas	41.7%	2,190
28	99701	Fairbanks	42.3%	18,061
29	99501	Anchorage	42.5%	16,175
30	99574	Cordova	43%	2,551
31	99503	Anchorage	45%	12,964
32	99921	Craig	45.1%	1,596
33	99669	Soldotna	45.3%	15,395
34	99516	Anchorage	46.1%	21,500
35	99504	Anchorage	46.9%	42,093
36	99835	Sitka	47%	8,368
37	99840	Skagway	47.1%	1,244
38	99709	Fairbanks	47.8%	29,551
39	99901	Ketchikan	49%	13,768
40	99507	Anchorage	49.4%	37,301
41	99645	Palmer	49.6%	32,103
42	99672	Sterling	49.8%	4,091
43	99518	Anchorage	50%	9,764
44	99515	Anchorage	51.8%	21,870
45	99623	Wasilla	51.9%	23,424
46	99508	Anchorage	51.9%	36,458
47	99737	Delta Junction	52.6%	4,774
48	99603	Homer	53%	11,693
49	99556	Anchor Point	53.3%	2,866
50	99654	Wasilla	53.3%	44,647
51	99505	Jber	54%	5,015
52	99827	Haines	54.5%	2,168
53	99652	Big Lake	56.5%	4,313
54	99639	Ninilchik	58.2%	1,175
55	99674	Sutton	58.9%	1,774
56	99694	Houston	59%	1,516
57	99506	Jber	60.8%	7,028
58	99664	Seward	62.5%	4,698
59	99703	Fort Wainwright	65.2%	8,304
60	99702	Eielson Afb	66.1%	3,260
61	99676	Talkeetna	69.2%	1,628
62	99610	Kasilof	77%	2,222
63	99714	Salcha	100%	1,106

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