Alaska · Census place 0271640
Soldotna, Alaska
Soldotna is a city in Kenai Peninsula, Alaska with an estimated 4,553 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 13th largest of 26 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,553
- #13 of 26 in Alaska
- Change since 2020
- +4.7%
- +203 people
- Land area
- 6.9 sq mi
- + 0.45 sq mi water
- Density
- 658 / sq mi
- State median 445
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Soldotna population, 2020 to 2024
Soldotna added 203 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.7%. In the latest year it moved by -9.
Soldotna covers 6.92 square miles of land and 0.45 of water, for 658 people per square mile of land. The median Alaska place of 5,000+ has 445, so Soldotna is denser than the typical town.
What county Soldotna is in
All of Soldotna's residents live in Kenai Peninsula, which had 61,259 residents in 2024. Soldotna holds 7.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Soldotna
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Soldotna by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99669. 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 Soldotna is
The Census internal point of Soldotna is at 60.485300, -151.069000. Juneau, the capital, is 603.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kenai, AK (7,770 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK, 76.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 60.485300, -151.069000
- DMS
- 60°29'7.08"N 151°04'8.40"W
- UTM
- 5N 606115.0E 6707016.3N
- Geohash
- bdu8474bm
- Plus code
- 93GCFWPJ+4C
Daylight in Soldotna
At 60.49° N, Soldotna gets about 19 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 5 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 13 h 21 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Soldotna
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alaska, measured between internal points. The closest is Kenai, 7.1 miles away, with 7,770 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Soldotna, AK?
4,553 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 203 (4.7%) from 4,350 in July 2020.
What county is Soldotna in?
Kenai Peninsula. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Soldotna?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 99669.
How far is Soldotna from Juneau?
603.0 miles (970.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Soldotna.
What is the nearest larger city to Soldotna?
Kenai, AK, with 7,770 residents, 7.1 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.