Right Now
Active Weather Alerts
1
Small Craft Advisory (statewide feed)
Population & People
Population
4,394
Median age
33.1
Median household income
$56,280
Poverty rate
16.4%
Unemployment rate
5.8%
Bachelor's degree+
22.7%
Avg. commute
13 min
Hispanic or Latino
6.0%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Housing & Rent
Median home value
$306,000
Median gross rent
$1,020/mo
Homeownership rate
60.38%
HUD FMR — 2 bedroom
$1,467
HUD Fair Market Rent (Alaska statewide average across 30 areas — not specific to Soldotna), 2026. Efficiency $1061, 1BR $1194, 2BR $1467, 3BR $1941, 4BR $2304. This is a different official figure from Census median gross rent above.
Energy
Alaska commercial electricity
22.32¢/kWh
Alaska industrial electricity
20.03¢/kWh
Alaska residential electricity
26.09¢/kWh
Economy
Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total
75011.6
Real Gross Domestic Product: All Industry Total
57488
All-Transactions House Price Index for Alaska
494.13
Unemployment Rate
4.3%
Source: FRED, Alaska-specific series.
