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SheetAK-SALAMATOF-AK · Salamatof, AK 1,201 pop · income 55th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Salamatof
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Salamatof on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Funny River · lowest
46,550
Funny River · lowest
46,550 median HH income
32.0% of the leader · rank #1
Salamatof · this city
73,750
Salamatof · this city
73,750 median HH income
50.7% of the leader · rank #2
Ranburne · near
73,750
Ranburne · near
73,750 median HH income
50.7% of the leader · rank #3
Stewartville · near
73,750
Stewartville · near
73,750 median HH income
50.7% of the leader · rank #4
Higden · near
73,750
Higden · near
73,750 median HH income
50.7% of the leader · rank #5
Traskwood · near
73,750
Traskwood · near
73,750 median HH income
50.7% of the leader · rank #6
Bay Head · highest
145,417
Bay Head · highest
145,417 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Salamatof on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,201.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Salamatof places in the 55th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
55th
percentile, household income
67th
percentile, home value
70th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Salamatof, AK
Salamatof is a small town in Alaska, home to 1,201 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Salamatof households earn a median of $73,750 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.3%. Home values in Salamatof run a median of $318,000, and the median resident age is 39.9 years. About 11.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 25.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Alaska tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Alaska at 102.4 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,467 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $271 across Alaska, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 35.2 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Salamatof's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Salamatof, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Salamatof?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 60.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
How far does income reach against housing in Salamatof?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Salamatof?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Alaska, the closest population matches are King Cove (1,204 residents, $78,125 income); Skagway (1,212 residents, $85,893 income); Kotlik (1,166 residents, $49,844 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Eclectic, AL (1,201 residents); Elkhorn, CA (1,201 residents); Center Hill, FL (1,201 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Above median income · poverty 6.3% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
102.4 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Alaska average
D
City profile score · Salamatof, AK
40/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate C
6.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C-
$73,750
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
102.4 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share F
11.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Salamatof profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 57/100 (C) · 6.3%
Household income: 53/100 (C-) · $73,750
Cost of living: 29/100 (F) · 102.4 index
Bachelor's+ share: 10/100 (F) · 11.2%
How does Salamatof compare to other US cities?
Where Salamatof sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income55% higher than other cities
Home value67% pricier than other cities
Median rent70% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Salamatof against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Alaska only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Alaska-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Salamatof near the bottom of Alaska's cities
Among the 228 Alaska cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Salamatof ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Salamatof only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#83 of 215
61st percentile in Alaska
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 228
0th percentile in Alaska
Median Home Value
#38 of 200
81st percentile in Alaska
Poverty Rate
#147 of 225
34th percentile in Alaska
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#135 of 228
41st percentile in Alaska
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Alaska only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
55th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Salamatof's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$318,00033rd percentilemore affordable than 33% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Salamatof's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,553 of 15,516
More affordable than 26% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,903 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.3×, Salamatof sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,553 of 15,516 and #8,903 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$73,750Salamatof, AK median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Salamatof, AK median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Salamatof, AK.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)11.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)25.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,201
Median Income
$73,750
Median Home Value
$318,000
Median Age
39.9
Poverty Rate
6.3%
Labor force participation
25.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
11.2%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
60.6%
Carpool
11.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.5%
Work from Home
10.6%
Other
16.0%
Based on 274 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Alaska statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $271
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Alaska at $271 (electricity about $131 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Alaska statewide averages, not a meter reading for Salamatof. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Alaska's BEA cost-of-living index is 102.4 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Salamatof is $1,467/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Alaska statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 35.2 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Alaska statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Salamatof sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Salamatof compares to similar-size Alaska cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.