County profile
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK
United States · GDP 2024
#878 of 3,127 US counties by GDP36th-percentile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
15,786
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,405
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
61,951
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$80.5k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
29.8%±1.6%
Poverty rate
11.8%±1.2%
Business applications
908 · 2025
Retail establishments
281
45.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care34%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction10%
Transportation9%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
61,951
residents · 2025 · +5.1% since 2020
Income per capita $67.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,282
International migration+146
Natural change+591
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.8B2019
$2.8B2020
$3.0B2021
$3.2B2022
$3.5B2023
$3.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$323.2k±$8.4k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
25.8%±1.2%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
$60.5M
222 units · 3.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
93.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Avalanche 100Earthquake 99Landslide 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1952016
1982017
2062018
2072019
2142020
2302021
2712022
2982023
3142024
3282025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 96% since 20211132021
1302022
1002023
1522024
2222025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
38.0 km
I-1
Nearest freight rail
131.4 km
ARR
Nearest port
37.3 km
CITY OF KENAI DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
39.4 km
KENAI MUNI
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):3,265,494 short tons/yr · Nikiski, AK
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.9k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Kenai Peninsula Borough?
Kenai Peninsula Borough's economy produced $3.6B in 2024, growing 3.0% year over year — slower than 64% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.