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Kenai Peninsula Borough

Population in July 2007: 1,249.
Males: 673  (53.9%)
Females: 576  (46.1%)

Median resident age:  39.1 years
Alaska median age:  32.4 years

Zip codes: 99610.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $50,772 (it was $38,542 in 2000)
Cohoe:  $50,772
Alaska:  $64,333

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $24,716
Cohoe:  $24,716
Alaska:  $28,891

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $150,231 (it was $90,800 in 2000)
Cohoe:  $150,231
Alaska:  $231,300

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $181,431; Detached houses: $184,045; Townhouses or other attached units: $116,741; In 2-unit structures: $330,214; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $349,499; Mobile homes: $40,577; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $31,667

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Races in Cohoe:

  • White Non-Hispanic (89.1%)
  • American Indian (7.7%)
  • Two or more races (3.7%)
  • Hispanic (1.7%)
  • Other race (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Cohoe: 88.8 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (16.6%), Irish (11.2%), English (10.9%), United States (8.0%), Swedish (4.6%), Scotch-Irish (4.3%).

Current Local Time: AKST time zone

Land area: 69.7 square miles.

Population density: 18 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Cohoe

  • High school or higher: 87.0%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.6%
  • Unemployed: 16.3%
  • Mean travel time to work: 36.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Cohoe CDP

  • Never married: 25.7%
  • Now married: 56.7%
  • Separated: 1.7%
  • Widowed: 3.4%
  • Divorced: 12.4%

8 residents are foreign born

This place:  0.7%
Alaska:  5.9%


According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Cohoe:  0.7% ($600)
Alaska:  1.4% ($1,888)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Anchorage, AK (80.5 miles , pop. 260,283).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (2335.9 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Kasilof, AK (1.8 miles ), Clam Gulch, AK (2.5 miles) , Kalifornsky, AK (3.5 miles ), Soldotna, AK (3.9 miles ), Ridgeway, AK (4.1 miles ), Kenai, AK (4.2 miles ), Salamatof, AK (4.5 miles ), Funny River, AK (4.7 miles ).

Latitude: 60.30 N, Longitude: 151.30 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 907

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Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (20%)
  • Mining (11%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
  • Motor vehicle and parts dealers (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Educational services (15%)
  • Health care (14%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Personal and laundry services (7%)
  • Social assistance (6%)
  • Public administration (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Carpenters (8%)
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (8%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Registered nurses (7%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
  • Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Personal appearance workers (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)



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Average climate in Cohoe, Alaska

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Cohoe-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Alaska state average. It is 2906% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/9/1998 at 19:39:43, a magnitude 6.2 (5.3 MB, 6.2 MW, 5.5 ME, Depth: 90.0 mi, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 66.1 miles away from Cohoe center
On 11/20/1993 at 19:24:53, a magnitude 5.9 (5.6 MB, 5.5 MB, 5.9 MW, Depth: 72.3 mi, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 63.0 miles away from the city center
On 4/25/1994 at 00:19:05, a magnitude 5.7 (5.4 MB, 5.4 MW, 5.7 ML, Depth: 42.2 mi) earthquake occurred 41.7 miles away from the city center
On 2/7/1988 at 08:46:58, a magnitude 5.8 (5.6 MB, 5.8 MB, 5.6 MB) earthquake occurred 68.1 miles away from Cohoe center
On 5/5/1999 at 10:30:03, a magnitude 5.8 (5.4 MB, 5.8 MW, 5.3 ME, Depth: 44.1 mi) earthquake occurred 71.3 miles away from the city center
On 8/13/1990 at 23:04:20, a magnitude 5.5 (5.3 MB, 5.5 MW, Depth: 54.4 mi) earthquake occurred 27.6 miles away from Cohoe center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), energy magnitude (ME), local magnitude (ML), moment magnitude (MW)

Hospitals/medical centers near Cohoe:
  • CENTRAL PENINSULA GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; SOLDOTNA, AK)
  • SOUTH PENINSULA HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; HOMER, AK)
  • PROVIDENCE SEWARD MEDICAL CENTER (about 66 miles; SEWARD, AK)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Cohoe:
  • UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE (about 80 miles; ANCHORAGE, AK; Full-time enrollment: 9,453)
  • UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS (about 335 miles; FAIRBANKS, AK; FT enrollment: 5,034)
  • WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 1387 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 2,656)
  • WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 1388 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 11,889)
  • PENINSULA COLLEGE (about 1392 miles; PORT ANGELES, WA; FT enrollment: 2,374)
  • SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE (about 1409 miles; MT VERNON, WA; FT enrollment: 3,420)
  • EVERETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 1436 miles; EVERETT, WA; FT enrollment: 3,970)

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Lakes: Lower Cohoe Lake (A), Johnson Lake (B), Border Lake (C), Bottleneck Lakes (D), Upper Cohoe Lake (E), Centennial Lake (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

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Average household size:
This place:  2.6 people
Alaska:  2.7 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  66.3%
Whole state:  68.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  8.3%
Whole state:  7.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  12.1%
Whole state:  9.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This place:  5.6%
Whole state:  4.0%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Cohoe, AK


5 people in other noninstitutional group quarters


Cohoe compared to Alaska state average:

Cohoe, Alaska environmental map by EPA

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  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of rooms per house below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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Cohoe travel time to work


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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (64%)
  • Wood (19%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
  • Electricity (7%)
  • Utility gas (1%)

8.17% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($40,864 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.17%
Alaska average:  9.33%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Anchorage Municipality, AK  1.82% ($46,749 average AGI)
from Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK  0.31% ($48,035)
from Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK  0.29% ($35,962)


8.10% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($36,693 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  8.10%
Alaska average:  9.43%

0.12% of residents moved to foreign countries ($338 average AGI)
Kenai Peninsula Borough:  0.12%
Alaska average:  0.24%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Anchorage Municipality, AK  1.85% ($33,064 average AGI)
to Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK  0.48% ($45,270)
to Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK  0.36% ($36,561)


Strongest AM radio stations in Cohoe:
  • KSLD (1140 AM; 10 kW; SOLDOTNA, AK; Owner: KSRM, INC)
  • KSRM (920 AM; 5 kW; SOLDOTNA, AK; Owner: KSRM, INC.)
  • KENI (650 AM; 50 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KFQD (750 AM; 50 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KBBI (890 AM; 10 kW; HOMER, AK; Owner: KACHEMAK BAY BROADCASTING INC)
  • KGTL (620 AM; 5 kW; HOMER, AK; Owner: PENINSULA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KBYR (700 AM; 10 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: COBB COMMUNICATIONS,INC.)
  • KUDO (1080 AM; 10 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: CHINOOK CONCERT BROADCASTERS, INC.)
  • KHAR (590 AM; 5 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KTZN (550 AM; 5 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KJNP (1170 AM; 50 kW; NORTH POLE, AK; Owner: EVAN. ALASKA MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP)
  • KCHU (770 AM; 10 kW; VALDEZ, AK; Owner: TERMINAL RADIO, INC.)
  • KSWD (950 AM; 1 kW; SEWARD, AK; Owner: NORTHERN RADIO, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Cohoe:
  • KWJG (91.5 FM; KASILOF, AK; Owner: KASILOF PUBLIC B/G INC)
  • KXBA (93.3 FM; NIKISKI, AK; Owner: PENINSULA COMMUNICATIONS INC)
  • KPEN-FM (101.7 FM; SOLDOTNA, AK; Owner: PENINSULA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KKIS-FM (96.5 FM; SOLDOTNA, AK; Owner: KSRM, INC)
  • KWHQ-FM (100.1 FM; KENAI, AK; Owner: KSRM, INC.)
  • KDLL (91.9 FM; KENAI, AK; Owner: PICKLE HILL PUBLIC B/CASTING, INC.)
  • KWVK (89.5 FM; KASILOF, AK; Owner: ALASKA EDUCATIONAL RADIO SYSTEM, INC)

TV broadcast stations around Cohoe:
  • K67AU (Channel 67; KASILOF, AK; Owner: STATE OF ALASKA)
  • K61AN (Channel 61; KASILOF, AK; Owner: STATE OF ALASKA)
  • K56AQ (Channel 56; KASILOF, AK; Owner: STATE OF ALASKA)
  • K48AC (Channel 48; KASILOF, AK; Owner: ALASKA PUB. TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • K08LW (Channel 8; KENAI/SOLDOTNA, AK; Owner: NORTHERN TELEVISION, INC.)
  • K10NC (Channel 10; KENAI, ETC., AK; Owner: CHANNEL 2 BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • K12LA (Channel 12; KENAI, ETC., AK; Owner: ALASKA PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • K09QH (Channel 9; KENAI, ETC., AK; Owner: PIEDMONT TELEVISION OF ANCHORAGE LICENSE LLC)
  • K03FW (Channel 3; KENAI, ETC., AK; Owner: SMITH TELEVISION LICENSE HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • K06MF (Channel 6; KENAI, ETC., AK; Owner: FIREWEED COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)


FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 1
  • Kasilof, 4.5 Mi S Of, Type: Tower, Structure height: 30.5 m, Overall height: 43 m, Call Sign: WGY738
    Assigned Frequencies : 6745.00 MHz, 6805.00 MHz
    Grant Date: 10/31/2008, Expiration Date: 12/27/2018
    Registrant: State Of Alaska, 5900 E. Tudor Rd., Anchorage, AK 99507, Phone: (907) 269-5764, Fax: (907) 269-5562, Email:


2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
  • Fire: 1

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