What is the population of Kenai city?

Kenai city has 7,562 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #14 of 355 in Alaska.

What is the median household income in Kenai city?

Median household income in Kenai city is $74,907 a year, 4.6% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kenai city?

Median gross rent is $1,134 a month and the median home value is $249,400, so rent absorbs about 18.2% of median household income.

Is Kenai city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kenai city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Kenai, AK population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Kenai, Alaska (Kenai, AK — Census place “Kenai city”) is 7,562 residents, ranking #14 of 355 places in Alaska. Median household income is $74,907, the median home is worth $249,400 and median gross rent runs $1,134 a month. Looking for the Kenai Alaska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Kenai, AK: 99611.

Population: 7,562Kenai city residents
Median household income: $74,907Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $249,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,134Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.8%Owner-occupied households

Kenai ZIP codes (Alaska)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Kenai.

The Kenai AK ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

99611

What the numbers mean in Kenai city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Kenai city median would spend about 18.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.3% of residents and 64.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Kenai city, AK in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Kenai city is a mid-size town in Alaska, with 7,562 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #14 of 355 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 34.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Kenai city earn a median of $74,907 a year, 4.6% below the national figure of $78,538 and 8% below the $81,250 median for the 73 Alaska cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 12.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Kenai city is valued at $249,400, 17.8% below the national figure and 18% below the $305,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,134 a month, 19.3% below the national figure, or roughly $13,608 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 64.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Kenai city?: Kenai city has 7,562 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #14 of 355 in Alaska.
What is the median household income in Kenai city?: Median household income in Kenai city is $74,907 a year, 4.6% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kenai city?: Median gross rent is $1,134 a month and the median home value is $249,400, so rent absorbs about 18.2% of median household income.
Is Kenai city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kenai city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Kenai city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.