Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska (AK)

Races in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska:

Mean price in 2015:

Detached houses: $254,480

Here:	$254,480
State:	$295,806

Townhouses or other attached units: $257,926

Here:	$257,926
State:	$240,773

In 2-unit structures: $265,224

Here:	$265,224
State:	$335,451

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $383,005

Here:	$383,005
State:	$366,092

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $198,736

Here:	$198,736
State:	$147,892

Mobile homes: $55,374

Here:	$55,374
State:	$51,692

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $210,938

Here:	$210,938
State:	$48,170

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2015: $1,657 (0.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2015: $1,321 (0.7%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Kenai Peninsula Borough is $581 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $707 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $969 a month.

Cities in this county include: Kenai, Kalifornsky, Sterling, Nikiski, Homer, Soldotna, Seward, Ridgeway, Anchor Point, Diamond Ridge.

2012 air pollution in Kenai Peninsula Borough:

Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 12.5 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 1.7 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Significantly below U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Bethel Census Area , Wade Hampton Census Area .

Current college students: 1,623
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,356 (64% naturalized citizens)

Mean travel time to work (commute): 25.6 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 92.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 18,405
• One, attached: 362
• Two: 695
• 3 or 4: 1,206
• 5 to 9: 486
• 10 to 19: 448
• 20 or more: 471
• Mobile homes: 2,181
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 617

Housing units in Kenai Peninsula Borough with a mortgage: 7,024 (523 second mortgage, 456 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,274

Religion statistics for Kenai Peninsula Borough

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Kenai Peninsula Borough:

Earthquake activity:

7.19% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($45,749 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.73% relocated from other counties in Alaska ($20,938 average AGI)
4.47% relocated from other states ($24,811 average AGI)

Kenai Peninsula Borough:	4.47%
Alaska average:	6.04%

from Anchorage Municipality, AK	1.58% ($57,934 average AGI)
from Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK	0.35% ($52,959)
from Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	0.15% ($39,355)
from Bethel Census Area, AK	0.09% ($52,053)
from King County, WA	0.09% ($40,263)
from Multnomah County, OR	0.09% ($19,333)
from Maricopa County, AZ	0.07% ($47,267)

6.76% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($42,448 average adjusted gross income)

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($269 average AGI)

Kenai Peninsula Borough:	0.06%
Alaska average:	0.19%

2.62% relocated to other counties in Alaska ($16,274 average AGI)
4.09% relocated to other states ($25,906 average AGI)

Kenai Peninsula Borough:	4.09%
Alaska average:	5.99%

to Anchorage Municipality, AK	1.48% ($41,595 average AGI)
to Matanuska-Susitna Borough, AK	0.39% ($47,420)
to Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK	0.20% ($36,905)
to King County, WA	0.13% ($33,286)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.09% ($58,167)
to Bethel Census Area, AK	0.07% ($14,214)
to Clark County, NV	0.07% ($21,286)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 4.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 5.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 6.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.1

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 17%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%

Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 190.7. This is less than state average.

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 43,866 (10,431 male householders, 3,807 female householders)

  11,308 spouses, 14,994 children (13,503 natural, 601 adopted, 890 stepchildren), 744 grandchildren, 270 brothers or sisters, 268 parents, 390 other relatives, 1,390 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 9,812 (4,689 male householders (3,721 living alone)), 3,234 female householders (2,615 living alone)), 1,889 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 1,722 (1,104 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 6,890 2-persons, 2,920 3-persons, 2,408 4-persons, 1,177 5-persons, 464 6-persons, 379 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,336 1-person, 1,374 2-persons, 152 3-persons, 42 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons.

10,695 married couples with children.
3,202 single-parent households (977 men, 2,225 women).

92.5% of residents of Kenai Peninsula Borough speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $294,337,000 ($5,708 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $12,565,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $100,369,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $31,568,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,829,000
Federal grants: $106,042,000
Federal procurement contracts: $25,247,000 ($3,918,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $27,282,000 ($434,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,627,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $46,929,000
Federal Government insurance: $29,926,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+10 per 1000 residents
State:	-7 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 3.59 millions of gallons per day (77% from ground, 23% from surface)

54% of Kenai Peninsula Borough residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Alaska.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 17,440
• Northeast: 2,836
• Midwest: 7,530
• South: 4,869
• West: 15,209

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $91,100

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Kenai Peninsula Borough on our top lists:

• #1 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #85 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations"