Anchor Point vs Soldotna

A side-by-side comparison of Anchor Point and Soldotna: population, income, housing, and more.

Anchor Point and Soldotna are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Soldotna has the higher population (4,448 vs 2,291 in Anchor Point). Anchor Point has the higher median household income ($63,382 vs $62,984 in Soldotna). Soldotna has the higher median home value ($277,300 vs $235,200 in Anchor Point).

Population, income & housing

	Anchor Point	Soldotna
Population	2,291	4,448
Median age	51.4 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,382	$62,984
Median home value	$235,200	$277,300
Median gross rent	$1,167	$1,104
Housing units	1,435	1,991
Homeownership rate	82.1%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anchor Point	Soldotna
Population	2,129 → 2,291 (+7.6%)	4,649 → 4,448 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$58,636 → $63,382 (+8.1%)	$60,491 → $62,984 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$189,000 → $235,200 (+24.4%)	$211,400 → $277,300 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,167 (+25.5%)	$1,019 → $1,104 (+8.3%)

Anchor Point

Population

2,1292,291

Median household income

$58,636$63,382

Median home value

$189,000$235,200

Median gross rent

$930$1,167

Soldotna

Population

4,6494,448

Median household income

$60,491$62,984

Median home value

$211,400$277,300

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anchor Point	Soldotna
Under 5	2.8%	7.6%
5 to 17	14.2%	18.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	7.6%	18.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	17.2%	9.9%
65 to 74	17.3%	9.1%
75 and over	9.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anchor Point	Soldotna
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	76.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	4.4%
Asian	1.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.4%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anchor Point	Soldotna
No high school diploma	10.3%	2.9%
High school graduate	37.0%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anchor Point	Soldotna
Drove alone	69.0%	63.4%
Carpooled	12.5%	19.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	2.8%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.7%	4.1%
Other means	3.1%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anchor Point	Soldotna
1-unit, detached	93.0%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.8%
20 or more units	0.2%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Anchor Point	Soldotna
Poverty rate	12.5%	18.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	23	13
Median year structure built	1991	1986