Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Today 266 people live in this town, first settled in 1940.
Lower Kalskag’s average trip to work is 8 minutes, where Alaska’s towns sit at 21 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. No town among the 42 in Alaska we compare has a higher share of children under 18 than Lower Kalskag. St. Seraphim Chapel is on the National Register of Historic Places. Lower Kalskag has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Census counts: 76 in 1940, 278 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2015 and a map from 1954 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lower Kalskag, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Lower Kalskag.
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the Kuspuk School District.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zackar Levi ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–5 | Grades 3–5 | 37 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts
In Lower Kalskag, 35% of adults get no exercise outside work. No town among the 42 in Alaska we compare has a higher share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Lower Kalskag. Among adults locally, 34% smoke cigarettes and 22% report frequent mental distress. Of 32 CDC measures, Lower Kalskag beats the Alaska average on 1 and trails it on 24.
| Lower Kalskag | Alaska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 18% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 16% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lower Kalskag | AK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5% | 7% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 40.7% | 14.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 55% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Lower Kalskag, 33% come from cold waves and 31% from wildfires. Federal aid has come to Lower Kalskag households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2023.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
City in Alaska, United States
Lower Kalskag (Central Yupik: Qalqaq; Russian: Лоуэр-Калскаг) is a city in Bethel Census Area, Alaska, United States. It is twenty-six miles west of Aniak. As of the 2020 census, Lower Kalskag had a population of 278.
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Lower Kalskag has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.