Photo: Beeblebrox at en.wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 3.0How is Homer run?
Homer’s city government spent $16.2 million on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, about $2,765 per resident. Water and other utilities ($1.9 million) and the airport ($240,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Homer is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Homer’s K–12 school district, shared with Kachemak, 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.
About $2,765 per resident a year, or $7.58 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: police, at 20%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
No comparison for Homer yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample). Homer’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported none of its 2022 dollars), so it has no like-for-like peer figure. It reported 2024; the next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →Day-to-day spending has held about steady since 2023
Day-to-day services, in dollars, in the years Homer reported to the Census Bureau. Prices rose too: about 4% a year in 2022–2024.
Day-to-day spending by fiscal year
Per resident: 2023: $2,819 · 2024: $2,765.
full-time in March 2025, up from 101 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
Building projects, interest and enterprises (hospital, utilities) are left out, so a big construction year doesn’t read as growth.
The typical homeowner pays $2,657 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.68% 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 Homer’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.
Tax bills are one input to Homer’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Homer →
Who’s in charge in Homer
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Homer’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on ci.homer.ak.us ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 58 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll (a Census estimate). Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (5,876).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Homer.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: ci.homer.ak.us ↗
- 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.
How Homer compares with the towns next door
Homer’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate, so it isn’t placed among them. None of its neighbors reported 2022 figures. Tap a town to see its page.
| Town | Day-to-day, per resident (2022) | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|
| Kachemak | estimate | $2,411 |
| Homer | estimate | $2,657 |
Day-to-day spending in 2022, the last year every government was counted, for governments that reported it; hospital and utilities left out. Tax bill: the typical homeowner’s bill (Census ACS, 2020–24).
Reach Homer’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Homer’s government
How much does Homer spend per resident?
About $2,765 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to December 31, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Homer?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $2,657 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.68% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.11% across Alaska. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see ci.homer.ak.us.
Who runs Homer’s government?
See ci.homer.ak.us for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Homer yet.
How many people work for Homer?
102 full-time and 15 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $788,695 (about $9.5M a year if every month were the same); Census Bureau estimates.
Who represents Homer in the state legislature?
State Senate District C (Gary Stevens) and State House District 6 (Sarah Vance). The House district also covers two neighboring towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Homer’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →