Best PlacesClear, AK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Clear, 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.
Clear ranks 28,779th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Clear
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.
Clear's strengths and weaknesses
Where Clear ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute15.6 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
Where Clear ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,537 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Clear
A household needs to earn about $64,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Clear home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,990, 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 Clear's effective rate of 0.14%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Clear
Clear runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Clear.
Who works in Clear, and how
Work in Clear centers on mining & oil & gas and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 30%
Life in Clear
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Clear.
What the weather is like in Clear, month by month
Clear sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 75 degrees. January highs sit near 11, with lows near -11. The comfortable stretch runs June through August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11° | -1° | -11° |
| April | 47° | 34° | 21° |
| July | 75° | 63° | 51° |
| October | 40° | 30° | 22° |
Flying in and out of Clear
The nearest airport, Fairbanks International, is about 61 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ted Stevens Anchorage International, about 208 miles away.
Clear 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 Clear against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Clear
Is Clear a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Clear ranks 28,779th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, low property taxes, and heat safety, and lowest on internet speeds and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Clear expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $268,946. The overall cost of living runs about 25% above the national average. Set against a $82,990 median income, cost of living beats 38% of towns.
Is Clear safe?
Clear is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,210 per resident a year.
Compare Clear with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Clear. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Clear 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.
Clear detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Clear: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Clear: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Clear: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Clear: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Clear 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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