Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska

Kenai Peninsula Borough has a population of 60,413 and has grown 5.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $323,200, about 4.0 times the county's median household income of $80,538.

Home price
$323,200
Income
$80,538
Population
60,413
Unemployment
7.0%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$323,200county
Median gross rent$1,184county
Median year homes here were built1990county
Share of homes built before 198026.9%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile4.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant25.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented23.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use16.2%county
Typical monthly rent$1,576county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,312county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,000county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,825county
Home insurance / yr$1,397(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living124.9(statewide)
Median household income$80,538county
Family health premium / yr$25,493(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$20,943(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.783(statewide)
Poverty rate11.8%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home10.5%county
Unemployment rate7.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force56.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed9.0%county
Share of workers employed by government20.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.1%county
Economic output per resident$59,429county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.63%county
Top state income tax0.00%(statewide)
Capital gains tax0.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax1.82%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time20.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service21 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport75395county
Miles to nearest general aviation field8.1 micounty
Airports with airline service located here3county
General aviation airfields located here10county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station1,333 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.9%county
Traffic deaths33.1county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0006.9(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher29.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.7%county
Public schools in the county42county
Public school enrollment8510county
Students per full-time teacher17.3county
Free lunch eligible42.1%county
Elementary schools17county
Middle schools4county
High schools8county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution75 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians80county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter6.6 µg(statewide)
Without health insurance11.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year12.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year9.0%county
Frequent mental distress14.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity21.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.7%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population60,413county
Land area in square miles16,017county
People per square mile of land3.8county
Supermarkets and grocery stores17county
Convenience stores5county
Share living far from a food store22.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract7.2%county
Population change since 2020+5.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age41.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.0%county
Share of residents 65 and over20.0%county
Share of households that are one person31.4%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.7%county
Second languages6.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls43.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents231county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents6county
Households that moved in1,665county
Households that moved away1,531county
Average income of arriving households$77,305county
Average income of departing households$70,699county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes7county
Housing units authorised in the latest year222county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings18.5%county
Violent crime rate724(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature38.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation45.2 incounty
Annual snowfall34.7 incounty
Days reaching 90°F0 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing178 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days126 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 19county
Average first fall frostSep 22county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$128county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh25.5¢county
Household electricity use502 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$13.49(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity7.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas54.1%county
Homes heated by propane4.0%county
Homes heated by fuel oil23.6%county
Homes heated by wood8.8%county
Households with broadband89.3%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk43.8county
Coastal flood risk33.8county
Drought risk12.3county
Landslide risk97.2county
Hail risk2.7county
Earthquake risk98.7county
Tornado risk0.8county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk0.0county
Winter weather risk93.9county
Strong wind risk0.0county
Wildfire risk97.1county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Kenai Peninsula Borough directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Alaska figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

Similar counties in Alaska

Compare Kenai Peninsula with anywhere else

Put this county side by side with any other in the country, or weight the factors that matter to you and rank all 50 states.

Open Kenai Peninsula in the map