Kachemak vs Ninilchik

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

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

Ninilchik has the higher population (1,009 vs 835 in Kachemak). Kachemak has the higher median household income ($71,125 vs $53,125 in Ninilchik). Kachemak has the higher median home value ($404,300 vs $251,600 in Ninilchik).

Population, income & housing

	Kachemak	Ninilchik
Population	835	1,009
Median age	37.6 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,125	$53,125
Median home value	$404,300	$251,600
Median gross rent	$1,120	$922
Housing units	402	942
Homeownership rate	76.2%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kachemak	Ninilchik
Population	474 → 835 (+76.2%)	836 → 1,009 (+20.7%)
Median household income	$64,167 → $71,125 (+10.8%)	$51,071 → $53,125 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$298,400 → $404,300 (+35.5%)	$220,700 → $251,600 (+14.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,317 → $1,120 (-15.0%)	$592 → $922 (+55.7%)

Kachemak

Population

474835

Median household income

$64,167$71,125

Median home value

$298,400$404,300

Median gross rent

$1,317$1,120

Ninilchik

Population

8361,009

Median household income

$51,071$53,125

Median home value

$220,700$251,600

Median gross rent

$592$922

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kachemak	Ninilchik
Under 5	8.9%	9.6%
5 to 17	18.2%	12.0%
18 to 24	3.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	14.9%	7.0%
45 to 54	9.3%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	21.9%
65 to 74	13.9%	16.1%
75 and over	7.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kachemak	Ninilchik
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	75.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	9.6%
Asian	2.8%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	9.8%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kachemak	Ninilchik
No high school diploma	6.8%	6.6%
High school graduate	14.4%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kachemak	Ninilchik
Drove alone	51.3%	83.1%
Carpooled	11.6%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.5%	6.9%
Other means	3.0%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kachemak	Ninilchik
1-unit, detached	84.3%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Kachemak	Ninilchik
Poverty rate	25.4%	16.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	13	26
Median year structure built	1993	1994