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Ketchikan, AK

8,078 Population
3.8 square miles 2,117.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 41 ±0.8
  • a little higher than the figure in Alaska: 35.8 ±0.1

Economics

$45,655 ±$3,725 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: $48,971 ±$2,479
  • about the same as the amount in Alaska: $46,573 ±$569
$85,275 ±$8,300 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: $92,885 ±$5,657
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $92,788 ±$1,232

11.2% ±2.6% (886  ±204) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 8.7% † 1,180 (±1.7% / ±235)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 10.1% 72,786 (±0.4% / ±2,899)

10.6 minutes ±2.4 (41,645  ±9,795) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 14.6 † 96,560 (±1.5 / ±10,648)
  • about half the figure in Alaska: 19.4 6,181,345 (±0.4 / ±125,429)

Families

3,415 ±117 Number of households
  • the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 5,732 ±132
  • Alaska: 270,533 ±1,456
2.3 ±0.1 (7,770  ±54) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 2.3 13,435 (±0.1 / ±44)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.6 704,937

4.2% ±2.3% (75  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 3.3% † 98 (±1.5% / ±44)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alaska: 5.8% 9,814 (±0.4% / ±685)

Housing

3,944 ±91 Number of housing units
  • the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 6,698 ±37
  • Alaska: 328,491 ±442

$352,400 ±$23,483 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: $393,300 ±$19,106
  • about the same as the amount in Alaska: $352,900 ±$3,735

12.4% ±2.6% (993  ±205.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 10.6% † 1,452 (±1.8% / ±248.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 14.5% 105,465 (±0.5% / ±3,731.6)

Social

95.1% ±6.2% (5,437  ±371.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 95.7% 9,538 (±4.6% / ±465.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.6% 458,914 (±1% / ±4,862.8)
24.5% ±3.5% (1,399  ±204.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 27.4% 2,735 (±2.7% / ±269.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alaska: 31.7% 155,356 (±0.6% / ±2,849.9)

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

11.8% ±1.5% (950  ±123) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 8% 1,105
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,745

7.6% ±1.8% (476  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 8.6% † 924 (±1.3% / ±144)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 10.8% 57,477 (±0.3% / ±1,846)
476 Total veterans ±115 419 Male ±104 57 Female ±43

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