AKMap-doton-FritzCreek, 2004
Fritz Creek’s story
Fritz Creek in pictures
Census counts: 27 in 1970, 2,248 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2004 and 3 maps from 1949 on.
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A town of 2,383.
Population
2,383
Census survey, 2020–24
Median home value
$344K
Census ACS
Household income
$90K
median
Median age
47.1
years
Land area
54 sq mi
Is Fritz Creek a good place to live?
The best of Fritz Creek’s subject grades are a B+ for health and the outdoors; the weakest is a D for hazard risk. Fritz Creek’s July high is 64°F, below both Alaska’s towns (66°F) and U.S. towns (85°F). No town among the 42 in Alaska we compare has a higher midpoint age than Fritz Creek. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 72% of U.S. towns. 34% of the land in Fritz Creek is conserved, against 15% in Alaska’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Kachemak Bay State Park, 1,046 acres with 1.6 miles of trail. Fritz Creek has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Fritz Creek stand out
Where Fritz Creek beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
32 measures vs. Alaska
5 better22 too close to call5 worse
| Widest gap | Fritz Creek | AK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.4% | 12.3% |
HealthB+
Healthier than 73% of U.S. towns
Less healthyHealthier
CDC PLACES 2025 estimates.
Worth knowing · Natural hazardsD
Avalanches and earthquakes at the top
FEMA National Risk Index.
A growing town
Fritz Creek has grown 16% from 2010 to 2020
1,932 counted in 2010 and 2,248 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Fritz Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alaska), ordered by how far Fritz Creek is from typical.
Hazard riskavalanches tops the listDOpen →HealthSouth Peninsula Hospital 11.6 miles awayB+Open →WalkabilityEPA walkability 2.1 of 20; 1% of households have no car; 3.4% of workers walk, bike or ride transitCOpen →SchoolsB+Open →Cost of livingTypical home $344K, 4.3 years of the county’s $81K median household incomeBOpen →Jobs & income$90K median household income; 7.9% below the poverty lineC+Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Getting set up
Moving to Fritz Creek: who provides what
Fritz Creek is unincorporated, so Kenai Peninsula Borough and regional agencies provide most services.
PowerChugach Electric Assn23.0¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterVoznesenka Village water systemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet2 providers94% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & county servicesKenai Peninsula BoroughKenai Peninsula Borough provides services here
Register to voteOnlineIn Alaska you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (received 30 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereAbsentee and Petition OfficeState of Alaska; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2025
ZIP code9960399603 100%Census 2020
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Fritz Creek.
OutdoorsB+
In Fritz Creek, nearly a third of the land is conserved
19 miles of trail wind through 2 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Fritz Creek: 2, covering 1,122 acres. The trail density here is 0.4 miles per square mile.
34.1%conserved
34.1%
conserved · 11,656 of 34,189 acres
19 mi
of trails · 0.4 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Eveline State Recreation Site | 2.5 mi | 76 |
| 2. Kachemak Bay State Park | 1.6 mi | 1,046 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
SchoolsB+
Fritz Creek’s schools rank ahead of 65% of Alaska districts
The public schools here belong to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. Its one school is below. Enrollment at Fritz Creek’s public school: 144 students.
65%of AK districts it outscoresB+School Grade
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| McNeil Canyon ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 144 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within AK on state tests and graduation
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade D
Very high risk in Fritz Creek, with avalanches at the top
The FEMA risk score for Fritz Creek comes to 87 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 78% come from avalanches and 19% from earthquakes.
87risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
AvalanchesEarthquakes
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
HealthB+
Fritz Creek stands out in Alaska and nationally: a smaller share of its adults sleep under 7 hours
Fritz Creek: a fifth of adults get no exercise outside work. Of 32 CDC measures, Fritz Creek beats the Alaska average on 5 and trails it on 5.
73%healthier than U.S. townsB+Health Grade
| Fritz Creek | Alaska towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 66% | 68% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 21% | 23% |
32 measures vs. Alaska
5 better22 too close to call5 worse
| What stands out | Fritz Creek | AK |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.4% | 12.3% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 7.1% | 9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 7% |
South Peninsula Hospital
11.6 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
84″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter18–32°
Spring27–46°
Summer44–62°
Fall31–46°
Sep 22
typical first frost
May 27
typical last frost
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Fritz Creek
17pages on Fritz Creek
The big questions
Out and about
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Fritz Creek; the nearest are
Alaska Christian CollegeCommunity college · Private nonprofit · Soldotna50.4 mi$9,660 tuitionUniversity of Alaska AnchorageUniversity or college · Public · Anchorage110.5 mi$7,738 in-state tuition
About 3 of every 100 Fritz Creek residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across Alaska.
About Fritz Creek
Census-designated place in Alaska, United States
Fritz Creek is a census-designated place (CDP) in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States, northeast of Homer. At the 2020 census the population was 2,248, up from 1,932 in 2010.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 54 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,198 ft
Fritz Creek’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Fritz Creek.
Diamond RidgeFox RiverKachemakFritz Creek
How the neighbors grade
| Town | AK rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fritz Creek | — | — | B | — | B+ | B+ |
| Diamond Ridge | — | — | B− | — | B+ | A− |
| Fox River | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kachemak | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Fritz Creek and Diamond Ridge have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Fritz Creek and Diamond Ridge report no FBI crime data of their own. Fox River and Kachemak aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Fritz Creek with a neighbor →
Questions about Fritz Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fritz Creek, AK expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.