Best PlacesDillingham, AK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dillingham, 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.
Dillingham ranks 24,584th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on clean air by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dillingham
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.
Dillingham's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dillingham ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute9.9 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
Where Dillingham ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 4% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dillingham
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dillingham home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $101,300, 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 Dillingham's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Dillingham
Dillingham runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dillingham.
Who works in Dillingham, and how
Work in Dillingham centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 24%
Life in Dillingham
The coast is about 5 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Dillingham, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dillingham, month by month
Dillingham sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 65 degrees. January highs sit near 26, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs July and August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26° | 19° | 12° |
| April | 43° | 35° | 26° |
| July | 65° | 57° | 49° |
| October | 46° | 38° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Dillingham
The nearest airport, Dillingham, is about 1 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ted Stevens Anchorage International, about 328 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dillingham
Schools across Dillingham average a D, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dillingham ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Dillingham Middle/high SchoolD · 20% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dillingham school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dillingham 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 Dillingham against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dillingham
Is Dillingham a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dillingham ranks 24,584th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, heat safety, and short commutes, and lowest on internet speeds and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Dillingham expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $310,500. The overall cost of living runs about 34% above the national average. Set against a $101,300 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Dillingham safe?
Dillingham is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,017 per resident a year.
Compare Dillingham with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dillingham. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dillingham 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.
Dillingham detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dillingham: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dillingham: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dillingham: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dillingham: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dillingham 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.