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Saxman is a tiny town of 324 people in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. It's about 596 miles from Bellingham, WA and 663 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 65°F and winter highs 38°F, with about 35 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $306k and rent runs about $867 a month.
324people
$306kTypical home
$867/moRent
65° / 38°Summer / winter
35"Snow
116Sunny days
238Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 324
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 335 people per sq mi
- 663 mi to Seattle, WA
- 596 mi to Bellingham, WA
- 232 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $306k (≈$1,929/mo)
- Median rent $867/mo
- Median household income $51k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 65°F
- Winter highs around 38°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 116 sunny days a year (38 totally clear)
- 249 cloudy days a year
- 58 of 90 winter days are gray
- 238 days a year with rain or snow
- 35" of snow a year
- 11 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 2 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- About average violent crime (350 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,150 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 49
- 23% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 12% walk or take transit to work
- 5 mi to KTN airport
- 674 mi to SEA (major hub)
- 64% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1984
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 315 ft
- Right on the coast
- 278 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 231 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 40% of Alaska districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 25 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 232 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 241 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Ketchikan Gateway Borough: R+14 in 2024
- Alaska: R+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk