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Population (year 2000): 4,327
Males: 2,257 (52.2%), Females: 2,070 (47.8%)
Zip code:
99635
Median resident age: 34.2 years
Median household income: $51,176 (year 2000)
Median house value: $111,700 (year 2000)
Races in Nikiski:
- White Non-Hispanic (86.6%)
- American Indian (10.1%)
- Two or more races (3.1%)
- Hispanic (1.3%)
- Other race (0.8%)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.5%)
Ancestries: United States (15.2%), German
(14.4%), English (9.7%), Irish (9.1%), Norwegian (3.9%),
Scottish (3.1%).
Elevation: 125 feet
Land area: 69.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Nikiski
- High school or higher: 88.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.3%
- Unemployed: 15.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 30.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Nikiski CDP
- Never married: 22.8%
- Now married: 59.5%
- Separated: 1.7%
- Widowed: 3.4%
- Divorced: 12.5%
2.8% Foreign born (0.9% North America, 0.9%
Latin America, 0.7% Asia).
Hospitals/medical centers near Nikiski:
- CENTRAL PENINSULA GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 23 miles;
SOLDOTNA, AK)
- SOUTH PENINSULA HOSPITAL (about 73 miles; HOMER, AK)
- ALASKA NATIVE MEDICAL CENTER, PHS (about 106 miles;
ANCHORAGE, AK)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Nikiski:
- KENAI MUNI (about 10 miles; KENAI, AK; ID: ENA)
- HOMER (about 76 miles; HOMER, AK; ID: HOM)
- TED STEVENS ANCHORAGE INTL (about 94 miles;
ANCHORAGE, AK; ID: ANC)
Other public-use airports nearest to Nikiski:
- ISLAND LAKE (about 3 miles; KENAI, AK; ID: 2R3)
- ARNESS LAKE (about 6 miles; KENAI, AK; ID: 6Z1)
- SOLDOTNA HOSPITAL H (about 21 miles; SOLDOTNA, AK;
ID: SD1)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Nikiski:
- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE (about 106 miles;
ANCHORAGE, AK; Full-time enrollment: 9,453)
- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS (about 372 miles;
FAIRBANKS, AK; FT enrollment: 5,034)
- PENINSULA COLLEGE (about 2113 miles; PORT ANGELES,
WA; FT enrollment: 2,374)
- WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 2154 miles;
BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 11,889)
- WHATCOM COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 2157 miles;
BELLINGHAM, WA; FT enrollment: 2,656)
- EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE (about 2170 miles; OLYMPIA,
WA; FT enrollment: 3,749)
- SKAGIT VALLEY COLLEGE (about 2171 miles; MT VERNON,
WA; FT enrollment: 3,420)
Public high school in Nikiski:
- NIKISKI MIDDLE/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students:
481; Location: BOX 7112; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Nikiski:
- NORTH STAR ELEMENTARY (Students: 225;
Location: BOX 8629; Grades: KG - 06)
- NIKISKI ELEMENTARY (Students: 181; Location:
BOX 8229; Grades: KG - 06)
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