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Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area

Population in July 2007: 491. Population change since 2000: -10.1%
 

Males: 263  (53.7%)
Females: 228  (46.3%)

Median resident age:  38.8 years
Alaska median age:  32.4 years

Zip codes: 99919.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $60,102 (it was $45,625 in 2000)
Thorne Bay:  $60,102
Alaska:  $64,333

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $167,273 (it was $101,100 in 2000)
Thorne Bay:  $167,273
Alaska:  $231,300

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $204,275; Detached houses: $257,583; In 2-unit structures: $396,256; Mobile homes: $54,211; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $38,409

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Races in Thorne Bay:

  • White Non-Hispanic (91.7%)
  • American Indian (4.8%)
  • Two or more races (3.9%)
  • Hispanic (1.3%)
  • Other race (0.5%)

2008 cost of living index in Thorne Bay: 89.8 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (17.6%), Irish (9.5%), English (8.1%), Norwegian (8.1%), United States (7.5%), French (6.3%).

Current Local Time: AKST time zone

Elevation: 200 feet

Land area: 25.5 square miles.

Population density: 19 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Thorne Bay

  • High school or higher: 88.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.7%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 9.5%
  • Unemployed: 14.6%
  • Mean travel time to work: 12.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Thorne Bay city

  • Never married: 22.3%
  • Now married: 67.0%
  • Separated: 0.9%
  • Widowed: 1.7%
  • Divorced: 8.1%

26 residents are foreign born (1.3% Africa, 1.3% North America, 1.1% Latin America, 0.7% Asia).

This city:  4.7%
Alaska:  5.9%



According to our research there were 2 registered sex offenders living in Thorne Bay, Alaska in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Thorne Bay to the number of sex offenders is 246 to 1.

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

Thorne Bay:  1.6% ($1,625)
Alaska:  1.4% ($1,888)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Bellingham, WA (640.7 miles , pop. 67,171).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Seattle, WA (707.4 miles , pop. 563,374).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (1639.8 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Kasaan, AK (3.3 miles) , Meyers Chuck, AK (3.5 miles) , Hollis, AK (3.8 miles) , Klawock, AK (4.7 miles ), Coffman Cove, AK (5.0 miles) , Craig, AK (5.2 miles ), Naukati Bay, AK (5.3 miles) , Hydaburg, AK (5.9 miles ).

Latitude: 55.68 N, Longitude: 132.56 W

Area code: 907

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Population change in the 1990s: -25 (-4.3%).

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (28%)
  • Construction (18%)
  • Public administration (10%)
  • Wood products (7%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Fuel dealers (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Educational services (34%)
  • Public administration (13%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
  • Food and beverage stores (7%)
  • Health care (7%)
  • Construction (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
  • Life and physical scientists (5%)
  • Woodworkers (5%)
  • Life, physical, and social science technicians (5%)
  • Carpenters (5%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (12%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
  • Life and physical scientists (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)



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Hospitals/medical centers near Thorne Bay:
  • KETCHIKAN GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 40 miles; KETCHIKAN, AK)
  • WRANGELL MEDICAL CENTER (about 52 miles; WRANGELL, AK)
  • PETERSBURG MEDICAL CENTER (about 79 miles; PETERSBURG, AK)

Political contributions by individuals in Thorne Bay, AK

located in Thorne Bay:
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Thorne Bay:
  • WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 640 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; Full-time enrollment: 2,656)
  • WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 641 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 11,889)
  • PENINSULA COLLEGE (about 653 miles; PORT ANGELES, WA; FT enrollment: 2,374)
  • SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE (about 663 miles; MT VERNON, WA; FT enrollment: 3,420)
  • EVERETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 691 miles; EVERETT, WA; FT enrollment: 3,970)
  • EDMONDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 699 miles; LYNNWOOD, WA; FT enrollment: 4,953)
  • OLYMPIC COLLEGE (about 703 miles; BREMERTON, WA; FT enrollment: 3,889)
Public high schools in Thorne Bay:
See full list of schools located in Thorne Bay, School District: SOUTHEAST ISLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT


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Notable location: Tolstoi Bay (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Lakes: Water Lake (A), Loon Lake (B), Copper Center Lake (C), Setter Lake (D), Lindeman Lake (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Rivers and creeks: Deer Creek (A), Falls Creek (B), Gravelly Creek (C), Goose Creek (D), Thorne River (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

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

THORNE BAY (Population served: 612, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Average - Between JAN-2006 and MAR-2006, Contaminant: TTHM
  • MCL, Average - Between JAN-2006 and MAR-2006, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
  • MCL, Average - Between OCT-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: TTHM
  • MCL, Average - Between OCT-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
  • MCL, Average - Between JUL-2005 and SEP-2005, Contaminant: TTHM
  • MCL, Average - Between JUL-2005 and SEP-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
  • 15 other older health violations
Past monitoring violations:
  • Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JUL-2005 and SEP-2005, Contaminant: TTHM
  • Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JUL-2005 and SEP-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
  • M&R Filter Turbidity Reporting - In JUN-2005, Contaminant: IESWTR
  • M&R Filter Turbidity Reporting - In MAY-2005, Contaminant: IESWTR. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (FEB-28-2006)
  • M&R Filter Turbidity Reporting - In APR-2005, Contaminant: IESWTR. Follow-up actions: St Compliance achieved (FEB-28-2006)
  • 3 other older monitoring violations

Average household size:
This city:  2.5 people
Alaska:  2.7 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  71.7%
Whole state:  68.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  5.9%
Whole state:  7.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  7.8%
Whole state:  9.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  5.9%
Whole state:  4.0%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Thorne Bay, AK



Thorne Bay compared to Alaska state average:
  • 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.
  • Number of rooms per house below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.


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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Wood (48%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
  • Electricity (1%)

Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration 2$4,320$25,9201$195
Other Government Administration 2$6,739$40,4347$550
Police Protection - Officers 0$0 1$886
Firefighters 0$0 1$50
Streets and Highways 1$2,949$35,3881$880
Solid Waste Management 2$6,925$41,5500$0
Sewerage 1$4,014$48,1680$0
Water Supply 1$1,842$22,1040$0
Totals for Government 9$26,789$35,71911$2,561



Thorne Bay government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Solid Waste Management: $76,000
    Sewerage: $43,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $31,000
    All Other: $25,000
  • Current Operations - Central Staff Services: $118,000
    Solid Waste Management: $114,000
    Electric Utilities: $94,000
    Water Utilities: $86,000
    Sewerage: $77,000
    Health Services - Other: $56,000
    General - Other: $43,000
    Financial Administration: $39,000
    Regular Highways: $36,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $22,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $20,000
    Police Protection: $17,000
    Parks & Recreation: $17,000
    Fire Protection: $8,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - Highways: $128,000
    General Support: $62,000
  • Miscellaneous - Property Sale Other: $182,000
    Interest Earnings: $76,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Regular Highways: $42,000
    Health - Other: $31,000
    Solid Waste Management: $4,000
    Central Staff: $4,000
    Sewerage: $3,000
    Water Utilities: $2,000
    General - Other: $1,000
    Sea and Inland Port Facilities: $1,000
    Fire Protection: $1,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,609,000
  • Revenue - Electric Utilities: $429,000
    Water Utilities: $58,000
  • State Intergovernmental - General Support: $36,000
    All Other: $12,000
  • Tax - Total General Sales: $79,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $656,000

9.85% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,205 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  9.85%
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 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK  1.65% ($30,889 average AGI)
from Juneau City and Borough, AK  0.73% ($42,917)


9.74% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,396 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  9.74%
Alaska average:  9.43%

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

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Ketchikan Gateway Borough, AK  1.65% ($16,111 average AGI)
to Anchorage Municipality, AK  0.80% ($31,154)


Strongest AM radio stations in Thorne Bay:
  • KTKN (930 AM; 5 kW; KETCHIKAN, AK; Owner: ALASKA BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • KRSA (580 AM; 5 kW; PETERSBURG, AK; Owner: NORTHERN LIGHT NETWORK)
  • KINY (800 AM; 10 kW; JUNEAU, AK; Owner: ALASKA-JUNEAU COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KJNO (630 AM; 5 kW; JUNEAU, AK; Owner: ALASKA BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • KENI (650 AM; 50 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KIRO (710 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KTTH (770 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA; Owner: ENTERCOM SEATTLE LICENSE, LLC)
  • KFQD (750 AM; 50 kW; ANCHORAGE, AK; Owner: MCC RADIO, LLC)
  • KGNW (820 AM; 50 kW; BURIEN-SEATTLE, WA; Owner: INSPIRATION MEDIA, INC.)
  • KPOJ (620 AM; 50 kW; PORTLAND, OR; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • KIXI (880 AM; 50 kW; MERCER ISLAND/SEATTL, WA; Owner: BELLEVUE RADIO, INC.)
  • KARI (550 AM; 25 kW; BLAINE, WA; Owner: WAY BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KJR (950 AM; 50 kW; SEATTLE, WA)

Strongest FM radio stations in Thorne Bay:
  • K248AI (97.5 FM; CRAIG, ETC., AK; Owner: ALASKA BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • K258AD (99.5 FM; CRAIG, AK; Owner: ALASKA BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS, INC)
  • K211AU (90.1 FM; THORNE BAY, AK; Owner: RAINBIRD COMMUNITY BROADCASTING)
  • KGTW (106.7 FM; KETCHIKAN, AK; Owner: ALASKA BROADCAST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • KFMJ (99.9 FM; KETCHIKAN, AK; Owner: TLP COMMUNICATIONS, INC)

TV broadcast stations around Thorne Bay:
  • K07SN (Channel 7; THORNE BAY, AK; Owner: STATE OF ALASKA)
  • K11RC (Channel 11; THORNE BAY, AK; Owner: STATE OF ALASKA)


National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 14
Total length: 46 meters (151ft)
Total average daily traffic: 3,342
Total average daily truck traffic: 72
Total future (year 2028) average daily traffic: 3,674

New bridges - Historical Statistics

  • 1970-1979: 5
  • 1980-1989: 3
  • 1990-1999: 4
  • 2000-2009: 2
See Full National Bridge Inventory Statistics for Thorne Bay, AK

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1
  • 12 Mi W, Call Sign: KWA790, Licensee ID: L00038411
    Assigned Frequencies : 158.430 MHz
    Grant Date: 08/14/1997, Expiration Date: 10/01/2002, Cancelation Date: 03/26/2001
    Registrant: Ketchikan Pulp Co, Box 6600, Ketchikan, AK 99901

FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 2
  • THORNE BAY, Sandy Beach Road, Type: Tower, Structure height: 15.2 m, Call Sign: WLT306
    Assigned Frequencies : 6718.75 MHz, 6795.00 MHz
    Grant Date: 01/03/2001, Expiration Date: 02/01/2011
    Registrant: Alascom, Inc., 2315 Salem Road, First Floor, H9, Conyers, GA 30013, Phone: (770) 602-2065, Fax: (770) 929-4454, Email:
  • THORNE BAY, 613 1st St, Type: Tower, Structure height: 12.2 m, Call Sign: WQHM527
    Assigned Frequencies : 11148.1 MHz
    Grant Date: 09/10/2007, Expiration Date: 09/10/2017, Certifier: Michael Garrett
    Registrant: Ap&t Wireless, Inc., 193 Otto Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368, Phone: (360) 385-1733, Fax: (360) 385-5177, Email:

FCC Registered Paging Towers: 2
  • Within City Limits Of Thorne Bay, Call Sign: KNKO622
    Assigned Frequencies : 454.025 MHz, 454.075 MHz
    Grant Date: 02/26/1999, Expiration Date: 11/01/2008, Cancelation Date: 12/14/2001
    Registrant: Alaska Communications Systems, 510 L Street Suite 210, Anchorage, AK 99501, Phone: (907) 297-3130
  • Within City Limits Of, Call Sign: KNKP848
    Assigned Frequencies : 454.500 MHz, 454.450 MHz, 454.325 MHz, 454.225 MHz
    Grant Date: 02/26/1999, Expiration Date: 11/01/2008, Cancelation Date: 12/14/2001
    Registrant: Alaska Communications Systems, 510 L Street Suite 210, Anchorage, AK 99501, Phone: (907) 297-3130

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 4
  • Call Sign: KD5DWV, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00574301
    Grant Date: 02/12/2008, Expiration Date: 04/15/2018, Certifier: Dan B Justice
    Registrant: Dan B Justice, 1212shoreline Drive, Thorne Bay, AK 99919
  • Call Sign: KL7FHN, Previous Call Sign:
    Grant Date: 02/16/1995, Expiration Date: 02/16/2005, Cancelation Date: 02/17/2007
    Registrant: Ralph E Marsh, Thorne Bay, AK 99919
  • Call Sign: KL7FJW, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00942854
    Grant Date: 11/19/2004, Expiration Date: 02/16/2015, Certifier: Betty C Marsh
    Registrant: Betty C Marsh, Thorne Bay, AK 99919
  • Call Sign: WL7COV, Previous Call Sign:
    Grant Date: 09/06/1995, Expiration Date: 09/06/2005, Cancelation Date: 09/07/2007
    Registrant: Angela Schermerhorn, Thorne Bay, AK 99950


FAA Registered Aircrafts: 3
  • Aircraft: CESSNA 180J (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 6, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 120 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES (230 HP) (Reciprocating)
    N-Number: 42125 , Serial Number: 18052321, Year manufactured: 1973, Airworthiness Date: 03/09/1973
    Registrant (Individual): Reported Sale, Po Box 19473, Thorne Bay, AK 99919
  • Aircraft: CURD DAN L ROTEC PANTHER 2 PLUS (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds), Engine: Reciprocating
    N-Number: 63675 , Serial Number: 25705
    Registrant (Individual): Reported Sale, Po Box 19129, Thorne Bay, AK 99919
    Deregistered: Cancel Date: 08/22/1990
  • Aircraft: PIPER J3C-65 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 67 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES (85 HP) (Reciprocating)
    N-Number: 70534 , Serial Number: 17543, Year manufactured: 1946, Airworthiness Date: 05/09/1957
    Registrant (Individual): Nicholas A Gefre, Po Box 19172, Thorne Bay, AK 99919


2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
  • Fire: 2

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