Tenakee Springs, AK

The affordability dashboard for Tenakee Springs, AK aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 133 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of D (41/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $54,375, median home value of $258,300, median rent of $513 per month, and 37.4% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. These four metrics alone explain most of the variance between city dashboards.

Cross-agency feeds widen the picture beyond Census demographics. HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in this county at $1,460 per month (studio $1,007, 1BR $1,113, 3BR $1,751, 4BR $1,933).

Reading the overall grade requires reading all seven dimensions together. The score weights Income 20%, Safety 20%, Housing 15%, Rent 15%, Education 10%, Commute 10%, and Childcare 10%, with each sub-score benchmarked against national percentiles rather than state averages, so the grade is genuinely comparable across any city in the country. Pressure points are housing. Unemployment currently reads 20.9% and poverty 3.1% - numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.