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Ketchikan, AK

8,168 Population
3.8 square miles 2,140.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 40.6 ±0.5
  • a little higher than the figure in Alaska: 35.3 ±0.1

Economics

$41,057 ±$3,960 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: $44,368 ±$2,360
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $42,828 ±$523
$73,512 ±$10,563 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: $82,763 ±$5,567
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Alaska: $86,370 ±$1,083

12.9% ±2.3% (1,036  ±186) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 9.7% † 1,329 (±1.5% / ±207)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 10.5% 75,227 (±0.5% / ±3,390)

9.8 minutes ±0.8 (39,035  ±3,529) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 14 93,990 (±1 / ±7,230)
  • about half the figure in Alaska: 19.3 6,227,605 (±0.3 / ±101,906)

Families

3,285 ±147 Number of households
  • the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 5,568 ±117
  • Alaska: 264,376 ±1,393
2.4 ±0.1 (7,902  ±51) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 2.5 13,632 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.7 704,874

3.1% ±1.3% (58  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 3.3% † 100 (±1.1% / ±34)
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 6.2% 10,454 (±0.4% / ±619)

Housing

3,934 ±120 Number of housing units
  • the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 6,615 ±30
  • Alaska: 326,188 ±564

$304,300 ±$21,026 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: $361,000 ±$14,949
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $318,000 ±$3,343

14.6% ±2.5% (1,183  ±,201.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 11.9% † 1,639 (±1.7% / ±,238.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Alaska: 15.4% 111,404 (±0.5% / ±3,672.6)

Social

93.2% ±5.4% (5,297  ±,326.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 94.7% 9,350 (±4.2% / ±,416.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 454,182 (±1% / ±4,688.8)
25.9% ±2.7% (1,474  ±,159.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 28.5% 2,812 (±2.3% / ±,227.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 30.8% 149,397 (±0.6% / ±2,881.6)

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

13.5% ±1.5% (1,100  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 9% 1,246
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 7.9% 58,074

7.7% ±1.6% (488  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 8.8% † 947 (±1.4% / ±148)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alaska: 11.5% 61,251 (±0.3% / ±1,756)
488 Total veterans ±104 460 Male ±103 28 Female ±19

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