What is the population of Nikiski CDP?

Nikiski CDP has 4,656 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 355 in Alaska.

What is the median household income in Nikiski CDP?

Median household income in Nikiski CDP is $63,023 a year, 19.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Nikiski CDP?

Median gross rent is $970 a month and the median home value is $309,200, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.

Is Nikiski CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Nikiski CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Nikiski, AK population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Nikiski, Alaska (Nikiski, AK — Census place “Nikiski CDP”) is 4,656 residents, ranking #27 of 355 places in Alaska. Median household income is $63,023, the median home is worth $309,200 and median gross rent runs $970 a month. Looking for the Nikiski Alaska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Nikiski, AK: 99611.

Population: 4,656Nikiski CDP residents
Median household income: $63,023Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $309,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $970Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 79.5%Owner-occupied households

Nikiski ZIP codes (Alaska)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Nikiski.

The Nikiski 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 Nikiski CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Nikiski CDP median would spend about 18.5% 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 4.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.9% of residents and 79.5% of households own their home.

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

Nikiski CDP, AK in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Nikiski CDP is a small town in Alaska, with 4,656 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #27 of 355 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 37.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Nikiski CDP earn a median of $63,023 a year, 19.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 22% 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 13.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Nikiski CDP is valued at $309,200, 1.9% above the national figure and within a couple of points of the $305,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $970 a month, 31% below the national figure, or roughly $11,640 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.5% 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 4.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 79.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. 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.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Nikiski CDP?: Nikiski CDP has 4,656 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 355 in Alaska.
What is the median household income in Nikiski CDP?: Median household income in Nikiski CDP is $63,023 a year, 19.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Nikiski CDP?: Median gross rent is $970 a month and the median home value is $309,200, so rent absorbs about 18.5% of median household income.
Is Nikiski CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Nikiski CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Nikiski CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.