Kenai Peninsula Borough
Community and Economic Development Division
Quarterly Report of Key Economic Indicators for Period Ending June 30, 2005

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. 

HOMER
  June 2000 June 2001 June 2002 June 2003 June 2004 June 2005 Annual Change
Sales Tax (in percent) 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.5  
Percent of Food Unavailable 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
 
Child 1 year 19.47 21.20 20.80 19.23 22.29 22.34 15.9%
Child 2 years     20.80 19.14 21.86 22.09 14.2%
Children 3-5 years 21.40 21.20 22.87 22.11 24.00 24.40 8.5%
Children 6-8 years 28.50 30.91 30.42 29.66 32.09 32.82 8.2%
Children 9-11 years 32.25 35.02 34.45 34.60 36.15 36.96 4.5%
 
Males 12-14 years 36.51 39.64 39.01 37.82 40.95 41.80 8.3%
Males 15-19 years 37.73 40.91 40.25 39.31 42.04 43.12 6.9%
Males 20-50 years 37.42 40.59 40.04 39.23 41.82 43.07 6.6%
Males 51 years & over 35.70 38.60 37.96 36.94 39.81 40.99 7.8%
 
Females 12-19 years 31.44 34.17 33.62 31.94 35.28 36.11 10.5%
Females 20-50 years 32.76 35.43 34.86 33.49 36.43 37.50 8.8%
Females 51 years and over 31.84 34.58 33.93 33.19 35.44 36.45 6.8%
 
Family of 2 (20-50 years) 77.18 83.62 82.40 80.00 86.07 88.62 7.6%
Family of 2 (51 & older) 74.34 80.51 79.08 77.14 82.76 85.17 7.3%
Family of 4 children 1-5 years 111.05 120.42 118.57 113.99 124.10 127.06 8.9%
Family of 4 children 6-11 years 130.93 141.96 139.77 136.98 146.48 150.33 6.9%
 
Electricity, 1000 kWh 103.47 112.43 118.93 123.72 101.30 132.11 -18.1%
Heating oil, 55 gal 86.35 78.65 61.60 82.50 105.05 129.25 27.3%
Gas-55 gal unleaded auto 95.65 98.40 94.55 101.15 0.00 131.40 -100.0%
Lumber, 2X4X8' 2.94 3.43 3.02 2.73 3.83 3.71 40.3%
Propane, 100 LB refill 33.22 38.59 38.71 38.23 47.32 52.78 23.8%

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