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Kodiak, Alaska Population, Hospitals, Airports, and Schools

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Kodiak is big-city of Alaska, home to more than a quarter-million people nearly 1/2 the state’s population. The city has shopping malls, national discount stores, movie theaters, restaurants, high-rise hotels and a busy international airport. The snowy Chugach Mountains rise just behind the city, and some of the state’s premier natural attractions are nearby: Denali National Park, the Kenai Peninsula, Katmai National Park and Portage Glacier.

All but two thousand of the island’s 12,000 residents live in and around its only major town, the likeable and busy fishing port of KODIAK on the northeastern tip. Before Russian explorers established a community here in 1792, Aleut and Alutiiq had fished the area for millennia.

Population: 6,334. Estimated population in July 2024: 6,273 (-1.0% change)
Males: 3,379 (53.3%), Females: 2,955 (46.7%)

Zip codes: 99615, 99697.

Demographics

Median resident age: 33.5 years
Median household income: $55,142
Median house value: $146,100

Population by Race

Races in Kodiak:

  • White Non-Hispanic (43.7%)
  • Filipino (29.2%)
  • American Indian (13.1%)
  • Hispanic (8.5%)
  • Two or more races (5.4%)
  • Other race (4.4%)
  • Other Asian (1.0%)
  • Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.9%)
  • Black (0.7%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Ancestries: German (10.1%), English (5.2%), Irish (4.8%), United States (4.3%), Swedish (2.7%), Scottish (2.3%).

Land area: 3.5 square miles

Map of Kodiak, AK

Population by Education

For population 25 years and over in Kodiak

  • High school or higher: 78.6%
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher: 17.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 5.4%
  • Unemployed: 5.0%
  • Mean travel time to work: 9.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Kodiak city

  • Never married: 27.8%
  • Now married: 55.1%
  • Separated: 1.9%
  • Widowed: 3.1%
  • Divorced: 12.1%

30.1% Foreign born (24.7% Asia, 3.9% Latin America).

Population change in the 1990s: -98 (-1.5%).

Hospitals

Hospital/medical center in Kodiak:

  • PROVIDENCE KODIAK ISLAND MEDICAL CENTE (1915 EAST REZANOF DR)

Other hospitals/medical centers near Kodiak:

  • SOUTH PENINSULA HOSPITAL (about 145 miles; HOMER, AK)
  • CENTRAL PENINSULA GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 209 miles; SOLDOTNA, AK)
  • PROVIDENCE SEWARD MEDICAL CENTER (about 263 miles; SEWARD, AK)

Airports

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Kodiak:

  • KODIAK (about 8 miles; KODIAK, AK; Abbreviation: ADQ)
  • HOMER (about 142 miles; HOMER, AK; Abbreviation: HOM)
  • KENAI MUNI (about 207 miles; KENAI, AK; Abbreviation: ENA)

Other public-use airports nearest to Kodiak:

  • KODIAK MUNI (about 2 miles; KODIAK, AK; Abbreviation: KDK)
  • KODIAK /LILY LAKE/ (about 2 miles; KODIAK, AK; Abbreviation: 9Z3)
  • TRIDENT BASIN (about 2 miles; KODIAK, AK; Abbreviation: T44)

Colleges and Universities

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Kodiak:

  • UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE (about 295 miles; ANCHORAGE, AK; Full-time enrollment: 9,453)
  • UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS (about 580 miles; FAIRBANKS, AK; Full-time enrollment: 5,034)
  • PENINSULA COLLEGE (about 2113 miles; PORT ANGELES, WA; Full-time enrollment: 2,374)
  • WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 2160 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; Full-time enrollment: 11,889)
  • WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 2163 miles; BELLINGHAM, WA; Full-time enrollment: 2,656)
  • EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE (about 2164 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; Full-time enrollment: 3,749)
  • SOUTH PUGET SOUND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 2165 miles; OLYMPIA, WA; Full-time enrollment: 2,908)

Schools

Public high school in Kodiak:

  • KODIAK HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 785; Location: 917 REZANOF EAST; Grades: 09 – 12)

Public primary/middle schools in Kodiak:

  • EAST ELEMENTARY (Students: 449; Location: 200 BENNY BENSON DRIVE; Grades: KG – 06)
  • KODIAK MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 416; Location: 1017 REZANOF EAST; Grades: 07 – 08)
  • MAIN ELEMENTARY (Students: 277; Location: 128 POWELL AVENUE; Grades: PK – 06)
  • NORTH STAR ELEMENTARY (Students: 262; Location: 961 MALLARD; Grades: KG – 06)
  • PETERSON ELEMENTARY (Students: 252; Location: AVENUE G, BLDG. 550; Grades: PK – 06)
  • KODIAK ISLAND CORRESP. (Students: 56; Location: 722 MILL BAY ROAD; Grades: KG – 12)
  • DANGER BAY SCHOOL (Students: 10; Location: MAIN STREET; Grades: KG – 10)
  • KARLUK SCHOOL (Location: MAIN STREET; Grades: KG – 12)

Private primary/middle schools in Kodiak:

  • ST MARY’S SCHOOL (Students: 178; Location: 2932 MILL BAY RD; Grades: PK – 8)
  • KODIAK CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 99; Location: P O BOX 49 2320 MILL BAY RD; Grades: PK – 8)

Libraries

Library in Kodiak:

  • A. HOLMES JOHNSON MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Operating income: $608,976; Location: 319 LOWER MILL BAY ROAD; 66,585 books; 5,003 audio materials; 2,175 video materials; 275 serial subscriptions)

 

 

 

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