Other areas offer more affordable property markets. Average home values in Anchorage, Alaska's largest city, are around $100,000 (£82k) lower than Juneau at $387,646 (£319k).

There's a wide variety of home types to choose from in Anchorage, ranging from condos, townhouses and multi-family units to single-family homes, farms and large acreages.

Photographed here is the interior of a spacious family home previously for sale in Anchorage, which had been staged by Jan Pennington and Marilyn Carpenter, owners of Home Staging Alaska.

Homes where they’ll pay you to move there