Best PlacesTee Harbor, AK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tee Harbor, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Tee Harbor ranks 818th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tee Harbor
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.
Tee Harbor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tee Harbor ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$145,990 median, better than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
Where Tee Harbor ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 44 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,133 a month, better than only 15% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 19% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tee Harbor
A household needs to earn about $150,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tee Harbor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $145,990; 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 Tee Harbor's effective rate of 0.82%, 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 Tee Harbor
Tee Harbor 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 Tee Harbor.
Who works in Tee Harbor, and how
Work in Tee Harbor 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 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Tee Harbor
The coast is about 3 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Tee Harbor, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Tee Harbor, month by month
Tee Harbor sees roughly 44 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 67 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs June through August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 31° | 26° |
| April | 50° | 41° | 33° |
| July | 67° | 59° | 51° |
| October | 49° | 43° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Tee Harbor
The nearest airport, Juneau International, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ted Stevens Anchorage International, about 562 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tee Harbor
Schools across Tee Harbor average a B−, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Haines ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
- Montessori Borealis Public Alternative SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Thunder Mountain High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Haines High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tee Harbor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tee Harbor 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 Tee Harbor against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tee Harbor
Is Tee Harbor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tee Harbor ranks 818th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, clean air, and heat safety, and lowest on the weather and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tee Harbor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $573,004. The overall cost of living runs about 20% above the national average. Set against a $145,990 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Tee Harbor safe?
Yes, Tee Harbor is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $382 per resident a year.
Compare Tee Harbor with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tee Harbor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tee Harbor 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.
Tee Harbor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tee Harbor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tee Harbor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tee Harbor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tee Harbor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tee Harbor 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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