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Kenai Peninsula Borough

Population in July 2007: 369.
Males: 188  (51.0%)
Females: 181  (49.0%)

Median resident age:  20.9 years
Alaska median age:  32.4 years

Zip codes: 99556.


Estimated median household income in 2009: $45,923 (it was $37,500 in 2000)
Nikolaevsk:

$45,923
Alaska:

$66,953
Estimated per capita income in 2009: $18,042

Nikolaevsk CDP income, earnings, and wages data

Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $134,183 (it was $57,900 in 2000)
Nikolaevsk:

$134,183
Alaska:

$232,900
Mean prices in 2009: All housing units: $142,686; Detached houses: $151,571; Mobile homes: $33,523

Median gross rent in 2009: $575.

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  • White alone - 315 (94.9%)
  • American alone - 17 (5.1%)

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Jan. 2011 cost of living index in Nikolaevsk: 110.7 (more than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: Russian (81.4%), German (9.0%), English (8.7%), Irish (4.3%), French (3.2%), Dutch (1.2%).

Current Local Time: AKST time zone

Land area: 36.3 square miles.

Population density: 10 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Nikolaevsk:

  • High school or higher: 63.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.8%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.8%
  • Unemployed: 23.5%
  • Mean travel time to work (commute): 46.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Nikolaevsk CDP:

  • Never married: 26.5%
  • Now married: 63.3%
  • Separated: 1.3%
  • Widowed: 3.5%
  • Divorced: 5.3%

55 residents are foreign born (10.1% Asia, 4.3% Latin America).

This place:  15.9%
Alaska:  5.9%


According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Nikolaevsk, Alaska in July 2011
The ratio of number of residents in Nikolaevsk to the number of sex offenders is 369 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this place is near the state average.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $1,143 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $680 (0.6%)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Anchorage, AK (115.4 miles , pop. 260,283).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (2326.8 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Anchor Point, AK (2.1 miles ), Happy Valley, AK (3.1 miles ), Diamond Ridge, AK (3.3 miles ), Kachemak, AK (3.6 miles ), Homer, AK (3.6 miles ), Miller Landing, AK (3.6 miles) , Ninilchik, AK (3.6 miles ), Fritz Creek, AK (3.9 miles ).

Latitude: 59.81 N, Longitude: 151.67 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 907

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Unemployment in March 2011:
Here:

8.3%
Alaska:

8.3%

Unemployment by year (%)

Most common industries in 2005-2009 (%)
Males Females
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (44%)
  • Transportation and warehousing (19%)
  • Retail trade (17%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Construction (7%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (0%)
  • Health care and social assistance (45%)
  • Accommodation and food services (19%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
  • Public administration (9%)
  • Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (0%)
  • Construction (0%)
Most common occupations (%)
Males Females
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (34%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
  • Carpenters (10%)
  • Supervisors, construction and extraction workers (7%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Secondary school teachers (3%)
  • Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (3%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (15%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (15%)
  • Religious workers (11%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (11%)
  • Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (11%)
  • Top executives (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)

Work and jobs in Nikolaevsk: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute

Average climate in Nikolaevsk, Alaska

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Earthquake activity:

Nikolaevsk-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Alaska state average. It is 2957% 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 69.8 miles away from the city 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 54.9 miles away from Nikolaevsk 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 37.6 miles away from the city center
On 5/19/2000 at 20:34:26, a magnitude 5.9 (5.6 MB, 5.9 MW, 5.6 ME, Depth: 49.4 mi) earthquake occurred 69.5 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 65.2 miles away from Nikolaevsk center
On 2/10/2004 at 20:33:51, a magnitude 5.6 (5.6 MB, 5.6 MW, Depth: 40.8 mi) earthquake occurred 35.0 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), energy magnitude (ME), moment magnitude (MW)

Natural disasters:

The number of natural disasters in Kenai Peninsula Borough County (9) is smaller than the US average (12).
Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 7

Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 3, Storms: 3, Winter Storms: 3, Fires: 2, Landslide: 1, Mudslide: 1, Freeze: 1 (Note: Some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).

Hospitals/medical centers near Nikolaevsk:

  • SOUTH PENINSULA HOSPITAL (Critical Access Hospitals, Government - Local, provides emergency services, about 20 miles away; HOMER, AK)
  • CENTRAL PENINSULA GENERAL HOSPITAL (Acute Care Hospitals, Voluntary non-profit - Other, provides emergency services, about 26 miles away; SOLDOTNA, AK)
  • PROVIDENCE SEWARD HOSPITAL (Critical Access Hospitals, Government - Local, provides emergency services, about 82 miles away; SEWARD, AK)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Nikolaevsk:

  • University of Alaska Anchorage (about 114 miles; Anchorage, AK; Full-time enrollment: 7,786)
  • University of Alaska Fairbanks (about 370 miles; Fairbanks, AK; FT enrollment: 4,287)
  • Whatcom Community College (about 1386 miles; Bellingham, WA; FT enrollment: 2,471)
  • Western Washington University (about 1389 miles; Bellingham, WA; FT enrollment: 12,991)
  • Skagit Valley College (about 1409 miles; Mount Vernon, WA; FT enrollment: 2,820)
  • Everett Community College (about 1434 miles; Everett, WA; FT enrollment: 3,612)
  • Edmonds Community College (about 1439 miles; Lynnwood, WA; FT enrollment: 4,635)

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Kenai Peninsula Borough County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential

Drinking water stations with addresses in Nikolaevsk and their reported violations in the past:

NIKOLAEVSK COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM (Address: 64135 BOLOTNA ROAD , Population served: 360, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
  • Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In AUG-2002
  • Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In JUL-2002
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In AUG-1997, Contaminant: Coliform
  • Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In AUG-1997
  • Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In JUL-1997
  • Treatment Technique (SWTR) - In JUN-1997
  • 8 other older health violations
Past monitoring violations:
  • M&R Filter Turbidity Reporting - In JUN-2006, Contaminant: IESWTR
  • M&R Filter Turbidity Reporting - In MAY-2006, Contaminant: IESWTR
  • M&R Filter Turbidity Reporting - In APR-2006, Contaminant: IESWTR
  • M&R Filter Turbidity Reporting - In MAR-2006, Contaminant: IESWTR
  • M&R Filter Turbidity Reporting - In FEB-2006, Contaminant: IESWTR
  • 2 routine major monitoring violations
  • One minor monitoring violation
  • 21 regular monitoring violations
  • 11 other older monitoring violations

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 9.0%
(9.5% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 0.0% for American Indian residents)

Average household size:
This place:  3.6 people
Alaska:  2.7 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  76.0%
Whole state:  68.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  5.2%
Whole state:  7.5%

No gay or lesbian households reported

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Nikolaevsk, AK


Nikolaevsk compared to Alaska state average:

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


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Educational Attainment (%)

School Enrollment by Level of School (%)


Nikolaevsk travel time to work - commute
Nikolaevsk mode of transportation to work chart

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (66%)
  • Wood (20%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
  • Utility gas (5%)
  • Other fuel (3%)


2008 Presidential Election results in Kenai Peninsula Borough County Alaska:
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Food Environment Statistics:

Number of grocery stores: 25
Kenai Peninsula Borough:

4.71 / 10,000 pop.
Alaska:

3.30 / 10,000 pop.
Number of supercenters and club stores: 1
This county:

0.19 / 10,000 pop.
State:

0.33 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (no gas): 1
Kenai Peninsula Borough:

0.19 / 10,000 pop.
Alaska:

0.52 / 10,000 pop.
Number of convenience stores (with gas): 16
Kenai Peninsula Borough:

3.01 / 10,000 pop.
State:

2.30 / 10,000 pop.
Number of full-service restaurants: 71
Here:

13.38 / 10,000 pop.
State:

7.82 / 10,000 pop.
Adult diabetes rate:
This county:

6.7%
Alaska:

6.3%
Adult obesity rate:
Kenai Peninsula Borough:

29.4%
Alaska:

27.8%

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 Nikolaevsk:

  • KGTL (620 AM; 5 kW; HOMER, AK; Owner: PENINSULA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KBBI (890 AM; 10 kW; HOMER, AK; Owner: KACHEMAK BAY BROADCASTING INC)
  • KENI (650 AM; 50 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KFQD (750 AM; 50 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KSLD (1140 AM; 10 kW; SOLDOTNA, AK; Owner: KSRM, INC)
  • KSRM (920 AM; 5 kW; SOLDOTNA, AK; Owner: KSRM, 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.)
  • KDLG (670 AM; 10 kW; DILLINGHAM, AK; Owner: DILLINGHAM CITY SCHOOLS)

TV broadcast stations around Nikolaevsk:

  • K51AF (Channel 51; ANCHOR POINT, AK; Owner: STATE OF ALASKA)
  • K39AA (Channel 39; NINILCHIK, AK; Owner: STATE OF ALASKA)
  • K59AR (Channel 59; ANCHOR POINT, AK; Owner: STATE OF ALASKA)
  • K62AM (Channel 62; ANCHOR POINT, AK; Owner: STATE OF ALASKA)


Nikolaevsk on our top lists:

  • #2 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Architecture and engineering occupations:"
  • #3 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of males in occupations: Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses"
  • #5 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Construction, extraction, maintenance, and repair occupations:"
  • #10 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females working in industry: Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations"
  • #22 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Other protective service workers including supervisors"
  • #30 on the list of "Top 101 cities with largest percentage of females in occupations: Management, professional, and related occupations:"
  • #90 on the list of "Top 101 cities with the highest average snowfall in a year"
  • #12 (99556) on the list of "Top 101 zip codes with the largest percentage of Russian first ancestries"

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