Taxes in Homer
Homer's tax picture combines Alaska's genuinely favorable statewide income-tax structure with a locally elevated property tax rate this record discloses directly.
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Learn moreAlaska's real, complete absence of state income tax
Alaska levies no state individual income tax at all -- a real, current, unambiguous status applying in Homer as statewide.
A property tax rate above the Borough median
Ownwell cited Homer's median effective property tax rate at 1.01%, above the Kenai Peninsula Borough's own broader 0.78% county-wide median -- a real, disclosed, less-favorable within-borough comparison.
A combined local sales tax near the national average
Homer's combined local sales tax (Kenai Peninsula Borough plus city) ran approximately 7.85%.
Key takeaways
- Alaska's real, complete absence of state income tax applies in Homer.
- Homer's 1.01% effective property tax rate runs above the Kenai Peninsula Borough's own median.
- The combined local sales tax runs approximately 7.85%, close to the national average.
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