Best PlacesMeyers Chuck, AK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Meyers Chuck, 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.
Meyers Chuck ranks 33,070th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Meyers Chuck
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.
Meyers Chuck's strengths and weaknesses
Where Meyers Chuck ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute12.5 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
Where Meyers Chuck ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Meyers Chuck
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Meyers Chuck home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $59,825, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Meyers Chuck's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 Meyers Chuck
Meyers Chuck 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 Meyers Chuck.
Who works in Meyers Chuck, and how
Work in Meyers Chuck centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment is low.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Meyers Chuck
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Meyers Chuck.
What the weather is like in Meyers Chuck, month by month
Meyers Chuck sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 67 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 33. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 37° | 33° |
| April | 52° | 44° | 37° |
| July | 67° | 60° | 54° |
| October | 53° | 47° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Meyers Chuck
The nearest airport, Ketchikan International, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 712 miles away.
The best schools in and around Meyers Chuck
Schools across Meyers Chuck average a C+, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Point Higgins SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Evergreen ElementaryB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stikine Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Schoenbar Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Ketchikan High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Wrangell High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Meyers Chuck school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Meyers Chuck 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 Meyers Chuck against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Meyers Chuck
Is Meyers Chuck a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Meyers Chuck ranks 33,070th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, heat safety, and low taxes, and lowest on cell coverage and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Meyers Chuck expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $303,650. The overall cost of living runs about 33% above the national average. Set against a $59,825 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Meyers Chuck safe?
Meyers Chuck is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,290 per resident a year.
Compare Meyers Chuck with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Meyers Chuck. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Meyers Chuck 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.
Meyers Chuck detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Meyers Chuck: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Meyers Chuck: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Meyers Chuck: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Meyers Chuck: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Meyers Chuck 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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