7 census tracts
Fairbanks.Alaska housing market
This Fairbanks housing market report covers about 12,300 homes across 7 census tracts. Tracts across Fairbanks are unusually alike on location: the middle half spans 67 to 69 on the Location Score, the narrowest spread of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks. For August 2026, the average listing price is $323,375 across 181 active listings (Realtor.com Economic Research, Monthly Housing Inventory).
- Average listing price
- $323,375 181 active listings · Realtor.com Economic Research, Monthly Housing Inventory · August 2026
- Approximate homes
- 12,300 across 7 assigned tracts
- Renter-occupied
- 52% of occupied homes
Fairbanks housing market context
- Rent growth in Fairbanks is 1.7% a year at the median, the 3rd slowest of the 139 markets, against the Alaska median of 2.0%.
- Rent takes just 27.4% of household income at the median (its rent-to-income ratio), lower than in 133 of the 139 markets.
- Population fell 0.6% a year from 2020 to 2025, slower than in 128 of the 137 markets with Census population estimates.
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Location score distribution
How location scores vary across 7 census tracts in Fairbanks.
Half of Fairbanks's tracts score between 67 and 69. The full range spans 65 to 70, with a median of 67.8.
What the location score shows
PriceDNA Location Score™ is a 0 to 100 signal designed to summarize local strength and risk context for rental-property analysis. Higher scores generally point to stronger location fundamentals.
The middle half of Fairbanks's tracts is 1.7 points wide on the score, the narrowest of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks.
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Housing composition
Key housing statistics for approximately 12,300 homes in Fairbanks, including occupancy, tenure, and structure type.
Of about 12,300 homes, 12.1% are vacant. Among occupied homes, 52% are renter-occupied, providing context on the size of the local rental base.
By structure type, about 46% of Fairbanks’s housing units are in single-family structures, 19% in small multifamily buildings (2 to 4 units), and 33% in larger multifamily buildings (5+ units). Percentages are rounded; small residual structure categories are not shown.
How Fairbanks compares
Fairbanks's median is above the Alaska median on 4 of these 8 measures and above the U.S. median on 1. The city range shows the lower quarter, median and upper quarter of its census tracts.
| Metric | Fairbanks lower · median · upper Fairbanks | Alaska AK | United States US |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Census ACS B19013 · 2020 to 2024
|
$69,757 $70,191 $73,901 | $95,430 | $77,171 |
|
Census ACS B15003 · 2020 to 2024
|
32% 33% 36% | 39% | 41% |
|
Census ACS B01001 · 2020 to 2024
|
40% 40% 41% | 35% | 32% |
|
FHFA HPI · 2025
|
4.2% 4.3% 4.3% | 4.3% | 5.2% |
|
HUD SAFMR · 2018 to 2027 + Census ACS B25064 · 2014 to 2024
|
1.5% 1.7% 1.8% | 2.0% | 3.8% |
|
Census ACS B25103 · 2020 to 2024 + Lincoln Institute
|
1.35% every tract | 1.35% | 1.65% |
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Census ACS B25141 · 2020 to 2024 + U.S. Treasury FIO
|
0.45% 0.47% 0.47% | 0.36% | 0.56% |
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Census ACS B25064 + B19013 · 2020 to 2024
|
26.6% 27.4% 29.5% | 27.6% | 30.8% |
About this data
PriceDNA uses the most local reliable data available for each metric. Some signals are available at the census-tract level. Others are published or more reliable at broader geographies such as county, metro, state, or national level.
Housing-unit totals are approximate. PriceDNA sums Census ACS counts for the tracts assigned to the city by centroid, so the market total can differ from a municipal boundary count when a tract crosses the city line.
The property-tax assumption combines local residential tax data with a state-level apartment benchmark to provide more conservative context for rental-property underwriting. Insurance assumptions use available residential property insurance data and should be verified for the specific property and coverage.
These pages are designed for market screening and investor education. They do not replace property-level underwriting, inspections, appraisals, insurance quotes, lender review, or professional advice.
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