Alaska · Census place 0240950

Kodiak, Alaska

Kodiak is a city in Kodiak Island, Alaska with an estimated 5,399 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 11th largest of 26 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,399
#11 of 26 in Alaska
Change since 2020
-2.8%
-155 people
Land area
3.9 sq mi
+ 1.57 sq mi water
Density
1,374 / sq mi
State median 445
Orange pin: Kodiak. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Juneau.

Kodiak population, 2020 to 2024

Kodiak lost 155 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by -1. Among 11 Alaska places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Alaska has 8,033 people, so Kodiak is 67% of it.

5,55420205,47820215,39320225,40020235,3992024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,577. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Kodiak covers 3.93 square miles of land and 1.57 of water, for 1,374 people per square mile of land. The median Alaska place of 5,000+ has 445, so Kodiak is denser than the typical town.

What county Kodiak is in

All of Kodiak's residents live in Kodiak Island, which had 12,654 residents in 2024. Kodiak holds 42.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kodiak

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kodiak by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99615. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Kodiak is

The Census internal point of Kodiak is at 57.791200, -152.419700. Juneau, the capital, is 657.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Homer, AK (6,136 people), 132.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK, 258.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
57.791200, -152.419700
DMS
57°47'28.32"N 152°25'10.92"W
UTM
5N 534500.3E 6405612.0N
Geohash
bd78g8e65
Plus code
9399QHRJ+F4

Daylight in Kodiak

At 57.79° N, Kodiak gets about 18 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 6 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 11 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kodiak

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alaska, measured between internal points. The closest is Homer, 132.3 miles away, with 6,136 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Kodiak, AK?

5,399 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 155 (2.8%) from 5,554 in July 2020.

What county is Kodiak in?

Kodiak Island. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Kodiak?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 99615.

How far is Kodiak from Juneau?

657.2 miles (1,057.6 km) in a straight line, heading E from Kodiak.

What is the nearest larger city to Kodiak?

Homer, AK, with 6,136 residents, 132.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.