Which counties in Alaska are building the most new homes?
Skagway Municipality (9.1 per 1,000 residents), Hoonah-Angoon Census Area (8.8 per 1,000 residents) and Ketchikan Gateway Borough (4.6 per 1,000 residents) permitted the most new homes for their size in Alaska in 2025.
Data as of 2025 · updated
All 23 ranked Alaska counties
| Rank | County | Per 1,000 residents, 2025 | Homes permitted 2025 | Residents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skagway Municipality | 9.1 | 10 | 1,104 |
| 2 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 8.8 | 20 | 2,271 |
| 3 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 4.6 | 63 | 13,549 |
| 4 | Haines Borough | 3.9 | 8 | 2,068 |
| 5 | Juneau City and Borough | 3.7 | 117 | 31,609 |
| 6 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 3.6 | 222 | 61,951 |
| 7 | Chugach Census Area | 3.5 | 23 | 6,553 |
| 8 | Petersburg Borough | 1.8 | 6 | 3,394 |
| 9 | Sitka City and Borough | 1.2 | 10 | 8,319 |
| 10 | Aleutians West Census Area | 0.8 | 4 | 5,240 |
| 11 | Anchorage Municipality | 0.8 | 218 | 287,155 |
| 12 | Kodiak Island Borough | 0.7 | 9 | 12,387 |
| 13 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 0.7 | 79 | 118,666 |
| 14 | Wrangell City and Borough | 0.5 | 1 | 2,007 |
| 15 | North Slope Borough | 0.5 | 5 | 10,582 |
| 16 | Bethel Census Area | 0.4 | 8 | 18,391 |
| 17 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 0.3 | 31 | 93,972 |
| 18 | Nome Census Area | 0.3 | 3 | 9,830 |
| 19 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 0.3 | 2 | 7,095 |
| 20 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 0.0 | 0 | 5,028 |
| 21 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 0.0 | 0 | 5,777 |
| 22 | Dillingham Census Area | 0.0 | 0 | 4,483 |
| 23 | Aleutians East Borough | 0.0 | 0 | 3,479 |
7 of 30 Alaska counties are not ranked on this measure.
How this is ranked
Housing units authorized by building permits in 2025 (Census Bureau Building Permits Survey), per 1,000 residents. Permits count homes authorized, not finished. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Figures come from public federal statistics and are informational only, not investment advice. Check the source before relying on a number. Methodology: how ranks and figures are built. More on every layer: data sources and licences.
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Which county in Alaska is building the most new homes?
Skagway Municipality: 9.1 per 1,000 residents, ahead of Hoonah-Angoon Census Area (8.8 per 1,000 residents) and Ketchikan Gateway Borough (4.6 per 1,000 residents), of 23 Alaska counties ranked.
How is this ranking calculated?
Housing units authorized by building permits in 2025 (Census Bureau Building Permits Survey), per 1,000 residents. Permits count homes authorized, not finished. Counties with fewer than 1,000 residents, or without a figure for the same period as the others, are not ranked.
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