Haines Borough, Alaska

Haines Borough has a population of 2,086 and has shrunk 0.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $293,300, about 3.4 times the county's median household income of $86,927.

Home price
$293,300
Income
$86,927
Population
2,086
Unemployment
4.7%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$293,300county
Median gross rent$1,087county
Median year homes here were built1987county
Share of homes built before 198037.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant34.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented21.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use26.8%county
Typical monthly rent$1,816(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,321county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,033county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,771county
Home insurance / yr$1,397(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living124.9(statewide)
Median household income$86,927county
Family health premium / yr$25,493(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$20,943(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.783(statewide)
Poverty rate5.4%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home11.3%county
Unemployment rate4.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force58.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed12.8%county
Share of workers employed by government22.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry16.8%county
Economic output per resident$71,774county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.83%county
Top state income tax0.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax0.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax1.82%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time12.5 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service1.1 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport6362county
Miles to nearest general aviation field54 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station848 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.0%county
Traffic deaths0.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0006.9(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher34.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher98.2%county
Public schools in the county3county
Public school enrollment255county
Students per full-time teacher12.8county
Free lunch eligible56.3%county
Elementary schools1county
Middle schools0county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution66 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians290county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter6.6 µg(statewide)
Without health insurance11.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year10.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.0%county
Frequent mental distress13.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity21.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.1%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population2,086county
Land area in square miles2,335county
People per square mile of land0.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store17.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-0.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age50.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.1%county
Share of residents 65 and over21.9%county
Share of households that are one person34.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States7.9%county
Second languages7.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls30.8%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents481county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in70county
Households that moved away64county
Average income of arriving households$77,500county
Average income of departing households$68,703county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year8county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings29.4%(statewide)
Violent crime rate724(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature39.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation63.2 incounty
Annual snowfall149.7 incounty
Days reaching 90°F0 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing161 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days150 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 4county
Average first fall frostOct 1county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$151county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh37.2¢county
Household electricity use406 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$13.49(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity4.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas1.3%county
Homes heated by propane4.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil55.7%county
Homes heated by wood24.2%county
Households with broadband90.5%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk0.8county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk96.3county
Hail risk0.0county
Earthquake risk64.5county
Tornado risk0.2county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk0.0county
Winter weather risk50.3county
Strong wind risk0.0county
Wildfire risk5.0county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Haines Borough directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Alaska figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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