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Median Home Price in Ketchikan, AK

The median home value in Ketchikan, AK is $413,554 as of 2026-07-31, up 6.93% from a year earlier.

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Median Home Value

$413,554

Year-over-Year

+6.93%

Population

8,050

Ketchikan ranks #6 of 8 Alaska cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 3.1% below the state's city median of $426,610. It sits in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, where the county-wide median is $409,426.

Housing affordability in Ketchikan

Median household income in Ketchikan is $85,275, so the typical home value is about 4.8× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.

Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).

Crime in Ketchikan

Ketchikan police recorded a violent crime rate of 360 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the range for reporting cities. Property crime runs at 2,037 per 100,000.

Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).

Common questions about Ketchikan

What is the average home price in Ketchikan, AK?

People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Ketchikan, that value is $413,554. That's up 6.93% from a year earlier. It is about 3.1% below the typical Alaska city tracked here.

Is Ketchikan expensive compared to the surrounding area?

Homes in Ketchikan are more expensive than Ketchikan Gateway Borough as a whole, where the median is $409,426 — a difference of about 1.0%.

Is Ketchikan affordable?

Median household income here is $85,275, so the typical home value is about 4.8× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.

Is Ketchikan a safe place to live?

Ketchikan police reported 360 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 8,050. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.

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