What is the population of Kodiak city?

Kodiak city has 5,497 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #23 of 355 in Alaska.

What is the median household income in Kodiak city?

Median household income in Kodiak city is $71,373 a year, 9.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $1,430 a month and the median home value is $314,800, so rent absorbs about 24% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kodiak city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Kodiak, AK population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Kodiak, Alaska (Kodiak, AK — Census place “Kodiak city”) is 5,497 residents, ranking #23 of 355 places in Alaska. Median household income is $71,373, the median home is worth $314,800 and median gross rent runs $1,430 a month. Looking for the Kodiak Alaska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Kodiak, AK: 99615.

Population: 5,497Kodiak city residents
Median household income: $71,373Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $314,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,430Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 51.1%Owner-occupied households

Kodiak ZIP codes (Alaska)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Kodiak.

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

99615

What the numbers mean in Kodiak city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Kodiak city median would spend about 24% 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 4.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.7% of residents and 51.1% of households own their home.

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

Kodiak city, AK in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Kodiak city is a mid-size town in Alaska, with 5,497 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #23 of 355 ranked by population — larger than 93% of them. The median age here is 40.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Kodiak city earn a median of $71,373 a year, 9.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 12% below the $81,250 median for the 73 Alaska cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 7.7% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Kodiak city is valued at $314,800, 3.8% above the national figure and 3% above the $305,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,430 a month, 1.7% above the national figure, or roughly $17,160 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 51.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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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What is the population of Kodiak city?: Kodiak city has 5,497 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #23 of 355 in Alaska.
What is the median household income in Kodiak city?: Median household income in Kodiak city is $71,373 a year, 9.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Kodiak city?: Median gross rent is $1,430 a month and the median home value is $314,800, so rent absorbs about 24% of median household income.
Is Kodiak city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Kodiak city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 24% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Kodiak 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.