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Homer, AK

5,623 Population
13.8 square miles 407.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±3.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 41.2 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 35.3 ±0.1

Economics

$42,604 ±$3,110 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $40,720 ±$1,986
  • about the same as the amount in Alaska: $42,828 ±$523
$69,757 ±$4,081 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $76,272 ±$3,470
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $86,370 ±$1,083

12.7% ±2.6% (697  ±141) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 12.6% † 7,265 (±1.7% / ±996)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 10.5% 75,227 (±0.5% / ±3,390)

13.4 minutes ±1.2 (29,995  ±3,609) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 19.7 437,000 (±1 / ±26,510)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Alaska: 19.3 6,227,605 (±0.3 / ±101,906)

Families

2,352 ±141 Number of households
  • Kenai Peninsula Borough: 23,201 ±460
  • Alaska: 264,376 ±1,393
2.3 ±0.1 (5,475  ±45) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 2.5 57,611 (±0.1 / ±130)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.7 704,874

3.5% ±1.9% (39  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 4.5% † 545 (±1.2% / ±139)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 6.2% 10,454 (±0.4% / ±619)

Housing

2,941 ±149 Number of housing units
  • Kenai Peninsula Borough: 32,567 ±73
  • Alaska: 326,188 ±564

$348,000 ±$11,215 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $280,900 ±$7,887
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $318,000 ±$3,343

15.4% ±2.4% (855  ±,133.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 14% † 8,191 (±1.6% / ±,951.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 15.4% 111,404 (±0.5% / ±3,672.6)

Social

95.1% ±4.1% (3,874  ±,216.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 94.2% 39,241 (±2.8% / ±1,167.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 454,182 (±1% / ±4,688.8)
40.5% ±3.3% (1,649  ±,145.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 28% 11,647 (±1.6% / ±,684.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Alaska: 30.8% 149,397 (±0.6% / ±2,881.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.5% ±1.2% (250  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 3.7% 2,175
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 7.9% 58,074

9.7% ±1.5% (437  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 10.5% 4,826 (±0.7% / ±321)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 11.5% 61,251 (±0.3% / ±1,756)
437 Total veterans ±69 388 Male ±63 49 Female ±20

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