Fox River vs Kachemak

A side-by-side comparison of Fox River and Kachemak: population, income, housing, and more.

Fox River and Kachemak are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kachemak has the higher population (835 vs 605 in Fox River). Fox River has the higher median household income ($75,083 vs $71,125 in Kachemak). Kachemak has the higher median home value ($404,300 vs $291,700 in Fox River).

Population, income & housing

	Fox River	Kachemak
Population	605	835
Median age	22.1 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$75,083	$71,125
Median home value	$291,700	$404,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,120
Housing units	276	402
Homeownership rate	90.9%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	13.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fox River	Kachemak
Population	517 → 605 (+17.0%)	474 → 835 (+76.2%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $75,083 (+58.1%)	$64,167 → $71,125 (+10.8%)
Median home value	$247,200 → $291,700 (+18.0%)	$298,400 → $404,300 (+35.5%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $1,150 (+39.4%)	$1,317 → $1,120 (-15.0%)

Fox River

Population

517605

Median household income

$47,500$75,083

Median home value

$247,200$291,700

Median gross rent

$825$1,150

Kachemak

Population

474835

Median household income

$64,167$71,125

Median home value

$298,400$404,300

Median gross rent

$1,317$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fox River	Kachemak
Under 5	18.3%	8.9%
5 to 17	26.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	13.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	16.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	6.9%	14.9%
45 to 54	6.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	6.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	3.3%	13.9%
75 and over	2.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fox River	Kachemak
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fox River	Kachemak
No high school diploma	28.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fox River	Kachemak
Drove alone	41.5%	51.3%
Carpooled	8.5%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.6%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.2%	28.5%
Other means	16.2%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fox River	Kachemak
1-unit, detached	95.3%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Fox River	Kachemak
Poverty rate	32.7%	25.4%
Average household size	4.23	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	35	13
Median year structure built	1993	1993