SalamatofAK
With 1,149 residents, it is a town in Alaska.
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 midsummer 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.
Salamatof has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from earthquakes
FEMA puts just over half of Salamatof’s expected hazard losses down to earthquakes, and 45% to avalanches. Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 96% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The climate in Salamatof brings four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 63° and January nights drop to 7°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Salamatof ranks healthier than 52% of the country’s towns
Among 42 Alaska towns, just 2 have a lower share of adults who had a checkup this year than Salamatof. The share of adults in Salamatof who smoke cigarettes: 21%.
| 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
A home in Salamatof sells for about $320K at the median
76% of Salamatof households are owner-occupiers.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
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?
The typical home is worth about $323,000, 19% below the Alaska typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.