Best PlacesTok, AK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Tok, 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.
Tok ranks 35,835th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Tok
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.
Tok's strengths and weaknesses
Where Tok ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute13.0 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 133 pleasant days a year, better than 86% of towns
Where Tok ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Tok
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Tok home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $63,968, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Tok's effective rate of 0.00%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Tok
Tok's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Tok.
Who works in Tok, and how
Work in Tok centers on public administration and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Tok
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Tok.
What the weather is like in Tok, month by month
Tok sees roughly 133 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 75 degrees. January highs sit near 0, with lows near -19. The comfortable stretch runs June through August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0° | -10° | -19° |
| April | 46° | 32° | 16° |
| July | 75° | 61° | 48° |
| October | 35° | 25° | 16° |
Flying in and out of Tok
The nearest airport, Fairbanks International, is about 180 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ted Stevens Anchorage International, about 266 miles away.
The best schools in and around Tok
Schools across Tok average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Glennallen ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Tanacross SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Delta Junction Senior High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Glennallen Jr/sr High SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Tok school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Tok 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 Tok against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Tok
Is Tok a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Tok ranks 35,835th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, low taxes, and heat safety, and lowest on distance from a big city and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Tok expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $214,496. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $63,968 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Tok safe?
Tok is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $784 per resident a year.
Compare Tok with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Tok. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Tok 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.
Tok detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Tok: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Tok: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Tok: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Tok: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Tok 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.