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Ketchikan, AK

8,151 Population
3.8 square miles 2,136.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 40.8 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Alaska: 35.6 ±0.1

Economics

$42,791 ±$3,614 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: $46,608 ±$2,455
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $44,928 ±$605
$76,835 ±$11,226 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: $89,155 ±$6,912
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $89,336 ±$1,374

12.6% ±2.5% (1,004  ±197) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 9.5% † 1,300 (±1.7% / ±229)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Alaska: 10.2% 72,978 (±0.3% / ±2,204)

10.8 minutes ±3.2 (42,830  ±12,711) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 14.4 † 95,245 (±2.1 / ±14,588)
  • about half the figure in Alaska: 19.5 6,246,845 (±0.3 / ±110,673)

Families

3,311 ±127 Number of households
  • the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 5,621 ±143
  • Alaska: 267,865 ±1,441
2.4 ±0.1 (7,862  ±125) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 2.4 13,564 (±0.1 / ±120)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.6 703,871

2.3% ±1.5% (41  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 2.4% † 71 (±1.2% / ±35)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Alaska: 5.7% 9,528 (±0.4% / ±744)

Housing

3,899 ±114 Number of housing units
  • the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 6,659 ±51
  • Alaska: 327,610 ±431

$340,300 ±$18,464 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: $379,000 ±$18,695
  • about the same as the amount in Alaska: $333,300 ±$3,665

11.5% ±2.2% (932  ±181.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 10.4% † 1,437 (±1.7% / ±226.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Alaska: 14.8% 107,476 (±0.6% / ±4,009.5)

Social

93.7% ±5.6% (5,334  ±343.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 94.9% 9,478 (±4.1% / ±420.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.5% 456,049 (±1% / ±4,750.6)
24% ±2.8% (1,364  ±162.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 27% 2,693 (±2.2% / ±221.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alaska: 31.2% 152,432 (±0.6% / ±2,933.8)

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

13.1% ±1.5% (1,069  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 8.7% 1,204
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Alaska: 7.8% 57,131

8% ±1.8% (498  ±115) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ketchikan, AK Micro Area: 8.8% † 946 (±1.3% / ±140)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Alaska: 11% 58,910 (±0.4% / ±2,202)
498 Total veterans ±115 443 Male ±115 55 Female ±40

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