Best PlacesPerryville, AK Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Perryville, 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.
Perryville ranks 43,831st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Perryville
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.
Perryville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Perryville ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 99% of towns
- Low property taxBetter 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 Perryville ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 30 pleasant days a year, better than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Perryville
A household needs to earn about $63,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Perryville 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 Perryville
Perryville runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Perryville.
Who works in Perryville, and how
Work in Perryville 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 Perryville
The coast is about 2 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Perryville, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Perryville, month by month
Perryville sees roughly 30 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 59 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 29. No month averages between 55 and 75 degrees.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 32° | 29° |
| April | 42° | 37° | 33° |
| July | 59° | 52° | 48° |
| October | 49° | 44° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Perryville
The nearest airport, Sand Point, is about 68 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Ted Stevens Anchorage International, about 490 miles away.
The best schools in and around Perryville
Schools across Perryville average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- 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 Perryville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Perryville 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 Perryville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Perryville
Is Perryville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Perryville ranks 43,831st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, clean air, and low property taxes, and lowest on the weather and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Perryville 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 Perryville safe?
Perryville is safer than 0% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,885 per resident a year.
Compare Perryville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Perryville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Perryville 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.
Perryville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Perryville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Perryville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Perryville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Perryville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Perryville 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.