Best PlacesAngoon, AK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Angoon, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Angoon ranks 41,277th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Angoon
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Angoon's strengths and weaknesses
Where Angoon ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute10.8 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
Where Angoon ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 49 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Angoon
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Angoon home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $50,713; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Angoon's effective rate of 0.03%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Angoon
Angoon runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Angoon.
Who works in Angoon, and how
Work in Angoon centers on public administration and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 34%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 59%
Life in Angoon
The coast is about 8 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Angoon, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Angoon, month by month
Angoon sees roughly 49 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 63 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 29. The comfortable stretch runs July and August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 33° | 29° |
| April | 48° | 41° | 35° |
| July | 63° | 57° | 52° |
| October | 49° | 44° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Angoon
The nearest airport, Kake, is about 42 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ted Stevens Anchorage International, about 600 miles away.
The best schools in and around Angoon
Schools across Angoon average a D, better than 14% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Keet Gooshi Heen ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
- Rae C. Stedman ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mitkof Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- Blatchley Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Petersburg High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Sitka High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Angoon school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Angoon measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Angoon against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Angoon
Is Angoon a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Angoon ranks 41,277th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low property taxes, and short commutes, and lowest on a weak job market and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Angoon expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $227,300. The overall cost of living runs about 24% above the national average. Set against a $50,713 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Angoon safe?
Angoon is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,023 per resident a year.
Compare Angoon with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Angoon. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Angoon represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Angoon detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Angoon: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Angoon: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Angoon: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Angoon: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Angoon detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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