Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety7#14,474/15,637
Economy70#4,715/15,631
Housing85#2,220/14,977
Health56#6,841/15,609
Healthcare24#11,931/15,650
Environment—
Education72#4,346/15,649
Infrastructure25#11,748/15,650
Community75#3,867/15,651
Leisure & amenities98#379/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Kalifornsky, Alaska ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Kenai Peninsula Borough value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Median Air Quality Index · low8
100/100Alaska 232024U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyKenai Peninsula Borough value
Drought exposure · low0%
98/100Alaska 0%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAKenai Peninsula Borough value
Child poverty rate · low2.5%
98/100Alaska 12.9%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high12.9 /10k
97/100Alaska 9.1 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKenai Peninsula Borough value
High school diploma or higher · high94.5%
96/100Alaska 93.6%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Social associations · high15.8 /10k
93/100Alaska 11.0 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKenai Peninsula Borough value

Weaknesses

Distance to an Amtrak station · high1,334 mi
1/100Alaska 1,315 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauKenai Peninsula Borough value
Pharmacies · low0.3 /10k
2/100Alaska 0.6 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKenai Peninsula Borough value
Flu vaccinations · low25.0%
3/100Alaska 29.0%United States 44.0%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKenai Peninsula Borough value
Suicide rate · high29.4 /100k
4/100Alaska 30.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataKenai Peninsula Borough value
Drug overdose deaths · high37.6 /100k
4/100Alaska 40.4 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataKenai Peninsula Borough value
Firearm deaths · high24.5 /100k
7/100Alaska 26.2 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataKenai Peninsula Borough value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
37.2% (2015-2019) → 49.6% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
10.9% (2015-2019) → 2.5% (2020-2024)
−8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.5% (2015-2019) → 85.3% (2020-2024)
+4.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
25.0% (2015-2019) → 29.8% (2020-2024)
+4.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.9× (2015-2019) → 3.6× (2020-2024)
+24%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.383 (2015-2019) → 0.446 (2020-2024)
+16%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Kalifornsky, Alaska improved on 0 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 13 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Kalifornsky, Alaska between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.5 min2015-2019	24.0 min2020-2024	+1.5 min	Within the margin of error	32%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%2015-2019	31.6%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Broadband subscriptions	80.5%2015-2019	85.3%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Effective property tax rate	0.51%2015-2019	0.55%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	10%
High school diploma or higher	95.2%2015-2019	94.5%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.6×2020-2024	+0.7×	Within the margin of error	36%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3832015-2019	0.4462020-2024	+0.063	Within the margin of error	12%
Median household income	$86,4202015-2019	$93,5082020-2024	+8.2%	Within the margin of error	15%
Poverty rate	11.1%2015-2019	8.6%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	25.0%2015-2019	29.8%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Rent-burdened households	37.2%2015-2019	49.6%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.4%2015-2019	15.4%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	34%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Kalifornsky, Alaska five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Kalifornsky, Alaska in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Kalifornsky, Alaska itself moved −17.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

8,663 residents (±773)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49
30–39†
20–29†
10–19
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 40–49 men (+5.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

8,663 residents (±773)

Kalifornsky, Alaska
Alaska share

White76%6,597
Black0.5%†42
Hispanic or Latino3.2%†280

Education

5,946 residents (±531)

Kalifornsky, Alaska
Alaska share

No high school diploma5.5%†326
High school or GED28%1,657
Some college25%1,485

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

3,383 households (±287)

Kalifornsky, Alaska
Alaska share

Under $25k9.8%†330
$25k–50k14%†457
$50k–75k17%†577
$75k–100k13%†452
$100k–150k22%†748
$150k–200k8.1%†273
$200k or more16%546

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+9.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

3,383 households (±287)

Kalifornsky, Alaska
Alaska share

Own85%2,885
Rent15%†498

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

403 households (±155)

Kalifornsky, Alaska
Alaska share

Under $7509.7%†39
$750–1,0006.7%†27
$1,000–1,50052%†209

Home values

2,885 homes (±304)

Kalifornsky, Alaska
Alaska share

Under $150k14%†401
$150k–250k13%†379
$250k–400k40%1,145

Age of homes

4,145 homes (±291)

Kalifornsky, Alaska
Alaska share

2010 or later17%692
2000–200925%1,037
1980–199935%1,442

Size of homes

4,145 homes (±291)

Kalifornsky, Alaska
Alaska share

Studio2.1%†89
1 bedroom7.8%†324
2 bedrooms21%888

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

3,750 workers (±543)

Kalifornsky, Alaska
Alaska share

Drive alone71%2,651
Carpool11%†397
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.1%†43
Bike0.9%†35
Work from home12%†432
Other5.1%†192

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+7.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

3,318 workers (±487)

Kalifornsky, Alaska
Alaska share

Under 15 min39%1,295
15–29 min40%1,314
30–44 min13%†430

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Kenai Peninsula Borough, the county holding most of Kalifornsky's residents.

Kenai Peninsula Borough has 2,405 employer establishments, 393 for every 10,000 residents (1.58× the US rate of 248; 1.30× Alaska's), with 15,786 paid employees at an average annual pay of $63,266. The Census Bureau also counts 7,055 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,405; 7,055 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 393; US 248 · Alaska 302
Paid employees: 15,786
Average annual pay: $63,266; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Kenai Peninsula Borough by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	181	29.5	1.42×More than typical	1,808	$52,917	178
Specialty trade contractors	174	28.4	1.83×More than typical	603	$66,373	428
Restaurants and other eating places	173	28.2	1.54×More than typical	1,254	$32,565	37
Construction of buildings	107	17.5	2.31×More than typical	374	$59,698	285
Lessors of real estate	99	16.2	1.31×More than typical	148	$45,932	575
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	72	11.8	4.42×More than typical	150	$48,493	84
Traveler accommodation	72	11.8	6.51×More than typical	503	$50,169	270
Offices of other health practitioners	69	11.3	1.85×More than typical	373	$50,748	114
Other amusement and recreation industries	69	11.3	4.65×More than typical	131	$50,504	80
Full-service restaurants	65	10.6	1.38×More than typical	459	$49,031	11
Building equipment contractors	58	9.5	1.57×More than typical	262	$72,061	63
Religious organizations	58	9.5	1.71×More than typical	218	$26,917	—

Rank places for an industry Open Kenai Peninsula Borough

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 61,258 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $963.7K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Kalifornsky, Alaska: $111 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $963.7K; −17% vs FY2025
Per resident: $111; US $1,994
Sole-source: 25%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.2%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$477.5K50%
Federal Aviation Administration$261.1K27%
Department of the Army$107.3K11%
Federal Highway Administration$88.9K9.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs$21.8K2.3%
Federal Communications Commission$7,9280.8%

Top recipients

FREQUENTIS USA, INC$232.4K24%
STG PACIFIC, LLC$136.7K14%
NORTH POLE EQUIPMENT RENTALS LLC$124.6K13%
WESTERN MARINE CONSTRUCTION, INC.$105.1K11%
AMERICAN MATERIAL HANDLING, INC.$87.4K9.1%

Spending by fiscal year

133KFY2017
96.8KFY2018
377.9KFY2019
603.1KFY2020
300.6KFY2021
891.5KFY2022
950.5KFY2023
2.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$254.6K26%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331$214.6K22%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$136.7K14%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$114.4K12%
Other specialty trade contractors · 2389$77.6K8.1%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Kalifornsky, Alaska, so they do not add up across cities.

Kalifornsky, Alaska's figures are part of those of Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK ($158.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.6% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Kalifornsky is mostly in Kenai Peninsula Borough.

See federal money in Kenai Peninsula Borough

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Kalifornsky, Alaska is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Nicholas J. Begich IIIR-AK · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 0.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Kenai Peninsula Borough66100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Kenai Peninsula Borough

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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