Best PlacesBrevig Mission, AK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brevig Mission, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Brevig Mission ranks 43,171st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and thin health care access ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Brevig Mission
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.
Brevig Mission's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brevig Mission ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute5.1 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
Where Brevig Mission ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brevig Mission
A household needs to earn about $27,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brevig Mission home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $54,403, 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 a national 0.90% effective rate, since no local rate is published, 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 3 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Brevig Mission
Brevig Mission runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Brevig Mission.
Who works in Brevig Mission, and how
Work in Brevig Mission centers on public administration and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 17%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 77%
Life in Brevig Mission
The coast is about 1 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Brevig Mission, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Brevig Mission, month by month
Brevig Mission sees roughly 101 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 58 degrees. January highs sit near 13, with lows near 0. No month averages between 55 and 75 degrees.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13° | 7° | 0° |
| April | 29° | 21° | 13° |
| July | 58° | 51° | 45° |
| October | 37° | 32° | 27° |
Flying in and out of Brevig Mission
The nearest airport, Shishmaref, is about 64 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ted Stevens Anchorage International, about 586 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brevig Mission
Schools across Brevig Mission average a D+, better than 16% of towns.
Top high schools
- Diomede SchoolC− · 25% proficient
- Brevig Mission SchoolF · 3% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brevig Mission school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brevig Mission 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 Brevig Mission against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brevig Mission
Is Brevig Mission a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brevig Mission ranks 43,171st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, short commutes, and heat safety, and lowest on thin health care access and a weak job market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brevig Mission expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $103,100. The overall cost of living runs about 27% above the national average. Set against a $54,403 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Brevig Mission safe?
Brevig Mission is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,202 per resident a year.
Compare Brevig Mission with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brevig Mission. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brevig Mission 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.
Brevig Mission detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brevig Mission: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brevig Mission: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brevig Mission: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brevig Mission: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brevig Mission 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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