Best PlacesKake, AK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kake, 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.
Kake ranks 43,539th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kake
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.
Kake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kake ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
Where Kake ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 49 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Local economyBetter 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 Kake
A household needs to earn about $50,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $46,786; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Kake's effective rate of 0.01%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kake
Kake runs older than the country, 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 Kake.
Who works in Kake, and how
Work in Kake centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment runs well above the national rate.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in Kake
The coast is about 2 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Kake, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kake, month by month
Kake sees roughly 49 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 64 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 31. The comfortable stretch runs July and August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 35° | 31° |
| April | 49° | 41° | 34° |
| July | 64° | 57° | 51° |
| October | 50° | 44° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Kake
The nearest airport, Kake, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ted Stevens Anchorage International, about 638 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kake
Schools across Kake average a C−, better than 22% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rae C. Stedman ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mitkof Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Petersburg High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kake 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 Kake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kake
Is Kake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kake ranks 43,539th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, low property taxes, and low taxes, and lowest on internet speeds and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $212,300. The overall cost of living runs about 35% above the national average. Set against a $46,786 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Kake safe?
Kake is safer than 5% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,121 per resident a year.
Compare Kake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kake 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.
Kake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kake 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.