Petersburg-Wrangell area has lowest rental vacancy rate in the state

For the second year in a row, the Wrangell-Petersburg area has the lowest rental housing vacancy rate among 11 areas covered in the state’s annual survey.

The combined vacancy rate for single-family rental homes and apartments in the two communities in March 2026 was 1.1%.

That is far below the statewide median of 5.4%, and a lot lower than the 4.1% in Juneau, which is chronically short of housing.

Fairbanks had the highest vacancy rate at 10.1%, followed by Ketchikan at 8.4%.

This year’s Wrangell-Petersburg vacancy rate was much tighter than the 3.4% combined rate for rentals in the two commu...