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Alaska in 2020

Index change and building permits for the year, with every county.

In 2020 the FHFA house price index for Alaska changed +2.4%, against +3.0% for the United States and +2.1% in 2019.

1,420 housing units were authorised by building permits in the state that year (1,019 single-family), −15.5% on 2019; the national total was 1,471,141.

+2.4%Alaska index, 2019–2020US +3.0%
1,420housing units permitted in 20201,019 single-family
10 of 10counties with a rising indexmedian county +2.8%
1,471,141units permitted nationally in 2020
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Counties in 2020

Ranked by the county index change from 2019 to 2020 (FHFA annual county index). Permits are units authorised in 2020; per 1,000 uses the vintage 2025 population.

CountyIndex change 2020Units permittedSingle-familyPer 1,000
Chugach Census Area+13.2%000.0
Matanuska-Susitna Borough+3.9%60360.5
Fairbanks North Star Borough+3.5%1980.2
Kenai Peninsula Borough+3.4%95751.5
Sitka City and Borough+3.2%1081.2
Petersburg Borough+2.8%2948.5
Juneau City and Borough+1.9%46401.5
Anchorage Municipality+1.4%9707353.4
Kodiak Island Borough+0.5%1981.5
Ketchikan Gateway Borough+0.4%43353.2

Permits by year, 1995–2025

Housing units authorised in Alaska by year02,0004,0001995: 2,164 units (1,657 single-family, 507 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 2,640 units (1,810 single-family, 830 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 2,560 units (1,889 single-family, 671 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 2,874 units (2,010 single-family, 864 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 2,211 units (1,539 single-family, 672 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 2,147 units (1,607 single-family, 540 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 2,939 units (1,787 single-family, 1,152 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 3,003 units (1,702 single-family, 1,301 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 3,531 units (1,740 single-family, 1,791 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 3,133 units (1,771 single-family, 1,362 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 2,885 units (1,653 single-family, 1,232 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 2,739 units (1,612 single-family, 1,127 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 1,706 units (984 single-family, 722 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 901 units (667 single-family, 234 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 916 units (617 single-family, 299 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 904 units (753 single-family, 151 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 877 units (713 single-family, 164 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 994 units (818 single-family, 176 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 1,079 units (877 single-family, 202 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 1,518 units (1,125 single-family, 393 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 1,298 units (992 single-family, 306 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 1,503 units (1,035 single-family, 468 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 1,539 units (1,127 single-family, 412 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 1,677 units (1,227 single-family, 450 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 1,680 units (1,147 single-family, 533 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 1,420 units (1,019 single-family, 401 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 1,552 units (1,158 single-family, 394 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 578 units (471 single-family, 107 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 937 units (599 single-family, 338 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 1,032 units (446 single-family, 586 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 848 units (573 single-family, 275 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Alaska by yearsingle-family2+ unit buildings

Source: Federal Housing Finance Agency annual state and county house price indexes (updated March 31, 2026); Census Bureau Building Permits Survey annual state and county files. Public domain. Methodology.