Kenai Peninsula Borough
Community and Economic Development Division
Quarterly Report of Key Economic Indicators for Period March 31, 2004

HOMER COST OF FOOD

Cost of food data is collected by the University of Alaska, Fairbanks Cooperative Extension. Each quarter the Cooperative Extension surveys up to three grocers in communities throughout the state to determine the cost of food for one week. Specific guidelines are presented to the surveyors regarding item size and sale price for 104 items. 
  March
1998		 March
2000		 March
2001		 March
 2002		 March
 2003		 March
2004		 Annual
Change
Sales Tax (in percent) 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 NA
Percent of Food Unavailable 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 NA
 
Child 1 year 21.1 20.6 20.0 21.0 19.4 21.0 8.0%
Child 2 years 0.0 0.0 0.0 21.0 19.4 20.7 6.5%
Children 3-5 years 23.0 18.1 21.9 23.0 21.3 22.7 6.6%
Children 6-8 years 30.5 22.4 29.2 30.7 28.5 30.7 7.7%
Children 9-11 years 34.7 33.9 33.1 34.8 32.2 34.4 6.8%
 
Males 12-14 years 39.2 38.3 37.5 39.3 36.4 38.8 6.6%
Males 15-19 years 40.4 39.5 38.7 40.7 37.4 39.9 6.7%
Males 20-50 years 40.1 39.2 38.6 40.7 37.5 40.0 6.7%
Males 51 years & over 38.4 37.4 36.7 38.7 35.7 38.2 6.9%
 
Females 12-19 years 33.8 33.1 32.3 34.0 31.3 33.6 7.2%
Females 20-50 years 35.3 34.3 33.7 35.6 32.8 35.0 6.7%
Females 51 years and over 34.2 33.3 32.8 34.6 31.9 33.9 6.5%
 
Family of 2 (20-50 years) 83.0 80.8 79.6 83.8 77.4 82.5 6.6%
Family of 2 (51 & older) 79.8 77.7 76.5 80.7 74.4 79.4 6.7%
Family of 4 children 1-5 years 119.6 116.6 114.3 120.2 111.1 118.4 6.7%
Family of 4 children 6-11 years 140.6 137.4 134.7 141.7 131.0 140.1 6.9%
 
Electricity, 1000 kWh 124.7 103.5 112.4 118.9 124.7 101.3 -18.7%
Heating oil, 55 gal 60.9 0.0 75.9 56.7 82.0 88.6 8.1%
Gas-55 gal unleaded auto 71.5 0.0 99.0 85.2 105.0 103.4 -1.6%
Lumber, 2X4X8' 2.8 0.0 2.6 3.1 2.7 3.3 22.6%
Propane, 100 LB refill 32.9 0.0 38.7 38.7 42.2 45.8 8.4%
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