How Kachemak is run
Kachemak spent $419,000 in the year to June 30, 2022, about $848 per resident. (A Census Bureau estimate.)
What stands out about how Kachemak is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $848 per resident a year, or $2.32 a day
The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 31% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
Kachemak didn’t report all of its 2022 figures to the Census Bureau, so most of these numbers are the Bureau’s estimates.
The typical homeowner pays $2,411 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.54% of the home’s value, vs 1.11% across Alaska.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Kachemak’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Kachemak’s K–12 school district, shared with Homer, Kenai, Seldovia, Seward, Soldotna. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $20,255 per pupil, $11,901 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Alaska districts overall: 24% local, 55% state, 21% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Kachemak
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Kachemak yet. Neighbors can add them.
One full-time town employee for every 247 residents
On the payroll in March 2022.
By department full-time, plus part-time
Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
How Kachemak’s budget compares
Town budgets across the town line. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.
| Town | Spent per resident | Debt per resident | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kachemak | $848 | — | $2,411 |
| Homer | $4,893 | $2,022 | $2,657 |
| Diamond Ridge | — | — | $2,567 |
| Fritz Creek | — | — | $2,482 |
The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Kachemak.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Alaska HouseState representatives
- 3Alaska SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Alaska
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Kachemak’s government
Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.
Questions about how Kachemak is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (for Kachemak, mostly the Bureau’s estimates). School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.