Mountain townsAlaska2026
Alaska Mountain Towns
Palmer, Talkeetna and Girdwood were the most booked of the 5 mountain towns in Alaska on Airbnb in the 12 months to October 2026, with an estimated 7,583, 5,712 and 5,289 stays. July is the busiest month across them, and the typical stay is 3.8 nights.
Figures are AirROI estimates. How they are made
Ranking
Alaska Mountain Towns Ranked by Airbnb Stays
Every one of the mountain towns and villages in Alaska with 100 or more Airbnb homes and recent stays, most booked first.
| 1 | Palmer | 7,583 | $241 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Talkeetna | 5,712 | $241 |
| 3 | Girdwood | 5,289 | $358 |
| 4 | Healy | 3,233 | $259 |
| 5 | Bear Creek | 2,454 | $250 |
Figures are AirROI estimates for the 12 months to October 2026, and stays count Airbnb bookings only. Typical stay is a booking's length, occupancy the share of available nights booked, and revenue the yearly average per home, before costs. Guest rating is out of 5.
When to go
Busiest and Quietest Months
July, August and June rank as the busiest months for Airbnb nights across the mountain towns in Alaska, and November and January as the quietest. July is the busiest month in 2 of the 5, while Palmer and Girdwood peak in August, and Talkeetna in June. Across the 5 towns, nightly rates run lowest in October and November, at about $250, and highest in July, at about $298. Across the 5 towns, stays run longest in April, at 6.5 nights, and shortest in August and September, at 2.8 nights.
July ranks first, January last
Airbnb months in calendar order. The number is the month's rank, and 1 is the busiest. The bar shows its part of Airbnb nights.
- Three busiest months
- Other months
Month by month: rank, typical stay and nightly rate
| Rank | Month | Typical stay | Nightly rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July | 3.4 nights | $298 |
| 2 | August | 2.8 nights | $294 |
| 3 | June | 3.6 nights | $292 |
| 4 | September | 2.8 nights | $270 |
| 5 | May | 4.1 nights | $265 |
| 6 | March | 4.8 nights | $270 |
| 7 | April | 6.5 nights | $256 |
| 8 | October | 4.3 nights | $250 |
| 9 | December | 3.5 nights | $266 |
| 10 | February | 3.5 nights | $263 |
| 11 | November | 3.7 nights | $250 |
| 12 | January | 3.8 nights | $264 |
Who comes
Where Guests Come From
Among guests who left a review, 92.4% come from within the United States. The top home cities among those guests are Anchorage, Fairbanks and Wasilla. Healy draws the most from abroad, at 11%, among towns with 100 or more homes.
Top home cities
Among guests who left a review
92.4% from within the United States
The money view
Revenue, Occupancy and Nightly Rate
Among the 4 towns with 100 or more Airbnb homes, Girdwood has the highest estimated revenue per home, at $43,043 a year. Of those 4, Healy has the highest occupancy, at 57%, and Palmer and Talkeetna share the lowest nightly rate on Airbnb, at $241. The most booked of the 5, Palmer, earns about $29,701 per home.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the most popular mountain town in Alaska?
By AirROI's estimates, Palmer is the most booked of the 5 mountain towns in Alaska, with 7,583 Airbnb stays in the 12 months to October 2026. Talkeetna is second, with 5,712. This counts Airbnb bookings only.
What is the most affordable mountain town in Alaska?
By AirROI's estimated nightly rate on Airbnb in the 12 months to October 2026, among mountain towns in Alaska with 100 or more homes, the lowest are Palmer ($241) and Talkeetna ($241). That is the average asking price on booked nights, not what it costs to live or buy there.
What mountain towns in Alaska offer the strongest Airbnb returns?
Returns depend on what a home costs to buy and run, which AirROI's figures do not cover. On AirROI's estimated revenue per home in the 12 months to October 2026, among mountain towns in Alaska with 100 or more homes, the highest is Girdwood ($43,043). Among the same towns, Healy has the highest occupancy, at 57%.
Method
How These Lists and Numbers Are Made
How a town gets on this list. A town needs 100 or more Airbnb homes with recent stays. A language model then judges the place from its name, state, country and coordinates, not from words in its name: it has to sit in a mountain range or right at its foot, with the mountains the reason it is known and why people go. The town's own listings can back that up, with 15% of its listing titles naming the mountains. A town whose listings do not gets a second, stricter check, which asks whether people go there for that or mainly for something else. Big cities stay off. Corrections come last: places the checks got wrong are added or taken off, and rows that name one place are joined.
How the figures are made. Stays, occupancy, nightly rate and revenue are AirROI estimates built from Airbnb listing data, and cover Airbnb only. A town's stays are its bookings in the period, and the typical stay and busiest month come from the same data. Guest ratings, home sizes and how far ahead guests book are the latest figures in each town's AirROI data. Month ranks compare each month's part of Airbnb nights. Origin rests on 103,266 reviews and describes guests who left a review, not everyone who stayed. A town needs 1,000 reviews before this page gives its share from abroad.