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Homer, AK

5,877 Population
13.8 square miles 426.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±2.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 41.4 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Alaska: 35.8 ±0.1

Economics

$45,915 ±$2,916 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $44,190 ±$2,260
  • about the same as the amount in Alaska: $46,573 ±$569
$74,449 ±$1,854 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $80,538 ±$5,216
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $92,788 ±$1,232

11.8% ±2% (678  ±115) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.8% † 6,965 (±1.2% / ±726)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 10.1% 72,786 (±0.4% / ±2,899)

12.2 minutes ±1.3 (28,535  ±3,452) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 20.7 451,120 (±1.4 / ±34,460)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Alaska: 19.4 6,181,345 (±0.4 / ±125,429)

Families

2,552 ±140 Number of households
  • Kenai Peninsula Borough: 24,371 ±383
  • Alaska: 270,533 ±1,456
2.2 ±0.1 (5,703  ±61) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 2.4 58,464 (±0 / ±127)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.6 704,937

2.7% ±1.7% (34  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 4.6% † 568 (±1.5% / ±185)
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 5.8% 9,814 (±0.4% / ±685)

Housing

3,071 ±134 Number of housing units
  • Kenai Peninsula Borough: 32,836 ±102
  • Alaska: 328,491 ±442

$388,400 ±$20,629 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $323,200 ±$8,421
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alaska: $352,900 ±$3,735

15.6% ±2.4% (907  ±138.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.8% † 7,053 (±1.4% / ±861)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 14.5% 105,465 (±0.5% / ±3,731.6)

Social

95.7% ±4.4% (4,015  ±230) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 94.7% 40,650 (±2.7% / ±1,165.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.6% 458,914 (±1% / ±4,862.8)
40.1% ±3.6% (1,683  ±161.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 29.8% 12,786 (±1.5% / ±625.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 31.7% 155,356 (±0.6% / ±2,849.9)

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

4.3% ±1% (252  ±61) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 3.7% 2,221
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,745

8% ±1.3% (371  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 10% 4,707 (±0.8% / ±388)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alaska: 10.8% 57,477 (±0.3% / ±1,846)
371 Total veterans ±61 342 Male ±59 29 Female ±19

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