Kodiak Island Borough has highest rent in Alaska

Coast Guard Base Kodiak is seen from across Women’s Bay, Dec. 31, 2011. Service members living off base have a housing allowance, which drives up local rental costs.  (Creative Commons photo by James Brooks)
The Kodiak Island Borough has the highest rent in the state. That’s according to a publication from the Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce Development that looks at the cost of living in Alaska and economic trends for July 2016.
Alyssa Rodrigues, an economi