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Soldotna city, Alaska: commercial real estate data.
Soldotna city is a Census city of 4,485 people across 6.92 square miles of land, in Kenai Peninsula Borough. Median household income is $56,280, 60.4 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 20 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.8 m.
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Soldotna
What Soldotna is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.92 sq mi
- Water area0.45 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land648
- County holding the largest share of its areaKenai Peninsula Borough, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Soldotna
- Population4,485
- Median age33.1
- Population under 181,154 plus or minus 242
- Share under 1825.7 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Population 65 and over874 plus or minus 175
- Share 65 and over19.5 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Households1,802
- Family households1,032
- Share of households that are families57.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Soldotna
- Median household income$56,280 plus or minus $17,896
- Per capita income$34,672
- Civilian labor force1,969
- Employed1,852
- Unemployed117 plus or minus 101
- Unemployment rate5.9 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Adults 25 and over2,969
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher97.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.7 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.0 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Soldotna
- Housing units2,046
- Occupied units1,802
- Vacant units244 plus or minus 104
- Vacancy rate11.9 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Owner occupied1,088
- Renter occupied714 plus or minus 166
- Ownership rate60.4 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$306,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,020
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.7 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Single family units1,282
- Share single family62.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more670 plus or minus 186
- Share in buildings of two or more32.7 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Mobile homes94 plus or minus 66
- Median year structure built1988
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Soldotna gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,729
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,006 plus or minus 220
- Share commuting under 15 minutes58.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more144 plus or minus 80
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more8.3 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Drove alone57.9 percent
- Carpooled24.4 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Public transport2.3 percent plus or minus 3.1
- Walked4.8 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Worked from home4.8 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Soldotna (7(a))
- Approvals20
- Gross approval$9,814,200
- Average approval$490,710
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,000,000
- Largest approval$2,685,600
- Jobs supported299
- Jobs per approval14.9
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full4
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more20.0 percent
- Share to franchises5.0 percent
- Distinct lenders11
- Distinct industries by NAICS18
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
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SBA loans in Soldotna (504)
- Approvals16
- Gross approval$7,117,000
- Average approval$444,813
- Median approval$261,000
- Largest approval$1,591,000
- Jobs supported55
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Kenai Peninsula Borough, not Soldotna
Kenai Peninsula Borough context, not Soldotna figures
These are Kenai Peninsula Borough figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Soldotna measurements.
- Establishments in Kenai Peninsula Borough2,405
- Employment at those establishments, Kenai Peninsula Borough15,786
- Covered employment, Kenai Peninsula Borough21,474
- Average annual pay, Kenai Peninsula Borough$62,398
- Average weekly wage, Kenai Peninsula Borough$1,200
- Housing units permitted, Kenai Peninsula Borough152
- Of those, single family, Kenai Peninsula Borough104
- County product, 2024, Kenai Peninsula Borough$3,590,303,000
- County product change over the prior year, Kenai Peninsula Borough3.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Kenai Peninsula Borough$79,213
Every figure in this section is published for Kenai Peninsula Borough as a whole and is not a measurement of Soldotna. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Soldotna questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Soldotna, Alaska?
4,485, in 1,802 households. Soldotna city covers 6.92 square miles of land, which is 648 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Soldotna in?
Kenai Peninsula Borough, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Soldotna?
$56,280. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $306,000. Median gross rent is $1,020 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Soldotna businesses?
20 7(a) approvals totalling $9.8 m, across 11 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 16 504 approvals worth $7.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Soldotna, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Soldotna borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Soldotna. only 4 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Soldotna figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kenai Peninsula Borough as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Soldotna.
Is zoning published for Soldotna?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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