SalamatofAK
A town of 1,149.
Is Salamatof a good place to live?
Salamatof’s best subject grades are a B+ for schools and a B for cost of living; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Salamatof’s July high is 63°F, against 66°F in Alaska’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns. No town among the 42 in Alaska we compare has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Salamatof. The median household income is $66K, and 14% of residents live below the poverty line. Only 1 of Alaska’s 69 towns score lower on the outdoors. Salamatof has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,149 people, and everyone knows the way
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How Salamatof grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alaska), ordered by how far Salamatof is from typical.
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Moving to Salamatof: who provides what
Salamatof is unincorporated, so Kenai Peninsula Borough and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Salamatof.
Very high risk in Salamatof, with earthquakes at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 96% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Salamatof, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Salamatof has cold winters and cool summers, with very little rain. At 7°F, Salamatof’s January low is where Alaska’s towns sit at 7°F and U.S. towns at 22°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Salamatof ranks healthier than 52% of the country’s towns
Salamatof beats the Alaska average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9. 61% of adults had a checkup this year in Salamatof. Only 2 of the 42 Alaska towns we compare have a higher share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Salamatof.
| Salamatof | Alaska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 61% | 68% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| What stands out | Salamatof | AK |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 21.1% | 16% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.5% | 13.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.3% | 6.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Salamatof
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Salamatof
About 2 of every 100 Salamatof residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Alaska.
About Salamatof
Census-designated place in Alaska, United States
Salamatof (Dena'ina: Ken Dech’etl’t) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 1,078 at the 2020 census, up from 980 in 2010. Salamatof is the location for the former Wildwood Air Force Station, which operated from 1965 to 1972 (from 1951 to 1965, it was an Army Station). Today, it is the Wildwood Correctional Complex.
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- Area
- 8.2 sq mi
Questions about Salamatof
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Salamatof, AK expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.