Best PlacesIliamna, AK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Iliamna, 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.
Iliamna ranks 42,041st 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 Iliamna
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.
Iliamna's strengths and weaknesses
Where Iliamna ranks high
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute13.3 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
Where Iliamna ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Iliamna
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Iliamna home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $65,625, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Iliamna
Iliamna runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Iliamna.
Who works in Iliamna, and how
Work in Iliamna centers on public administration and construction. Unemployment sits above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 57%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 34%
Life in Iliamna
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Iliamna.
What the weather is like in Iliamna, month by month
Iliamna sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 66 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs July and August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 20° | 13° |
| April | 43° | 35° | 26° |
| July | 66° | 57° | 50° |
| October | 46° | 39° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Iliamna
The nearest airport, Iliamna, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ted Stevens Anchorage International, about 192 miles away.
The best schools in and around Iliamna
Schools across Iliamna average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Chapman SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Naknek ElementaryF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Bristol Bay Middle/high SchoolD− · 16% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Iliamna school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Iliamna 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 Iliamna against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Iliamna
Is Iliamna a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Iliamna ranks 42,041st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on clean air, low property taxes, and heat safety, and lowest on internet speeds and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Iliamna expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $237,500. The overall cost of living runs about 33% above the national average. Set against a $65,625 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Iliamna safe?
Iliamna is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,885 per resident a year.
Compare Iliamna with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Iliamna. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Iliamna 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.
Iliamna detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Iliamna: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Iliamna: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Iliamna: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Iliamna: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Iliamna 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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