Alaska The Last Frontier Families Net Worth
Kilcher Family on Alaska The Last Frontier
When the Discovery Channel went looking for a real-life Alaskan Frontier Family for a new Reality Show, they couldn't have picked a better Family than the Kilcher Homestead located outside of Homer, Alaska. The Kilcher's Homestead dates back to 1936 when Yule and Ruth Kilcher immigrated from Switzerland to Alaska with a dream and 600 acres of raw, untamed land. Together they had eight children including Atz and Otto, who are now Reality Stars on The Alaskan Frontier Show.
The Kilcher Family's lifestyle was exactly what the producers of Alaskan Frontier was searching for but what they didn't know was one of the clan was already a Celebrity Star and Famous Musician. It seems some people believe the Kilcher's got the part on Alaskan The Last Frontier because of Atz's famous daughter and songwriter simply know as "Jewel". The fact is, the producers had no idea Jewel was a Kilcher and raised on the same Homestead featured in the Show.
Jewel wrote a very interesting article what it was like growing up on the Kilcher Homestead deep in the Alaskan Bush. Did you know the entire town of Homer, Alaska raised money for Jewel to go to college before becoming a world-famous singer/ songwriter? While she chooses not to be on the Reality Show, Jewel and her Dad, Atz, wrote and sings Alaska The Last Frontier theme song for the show.
Atz Kilcher's Net Worth
Atz Kilcher was born and raised in Homer, Alaska his entire life. Reading about Atz's childhood growing up with seven sibling's almost magically takes you back in time to a simpler, but a harder working lifestyle. Atz and his brother Otto lived their entire lives Homesteading the same land their parents acquired when they came to Alaska. Growing up in the middle of nowhere with no close neighbors in sight, the Kilcher's kept themselves entertained singing songs and telling stories.
Atz's love for telling stories in the form of songs has evolved into four successful albums so far recorded. Atz's artwork made on the Homestead is also becoming highly collectible and certainly helping add to his net worth. Did you know Atz also performs weddings on the Kilcher Homestead when not being filmed for The Alaskan Frontier Show? Atz Kilcher's Net Worth along with his wife Bonnie Dupree is estimated over $7 million including the Family's priceless Alaskan Homestead.
Otto Kilcher's Net Worth
Otto Kilcher is a master fixing just about anything imaginable on the Alaskan Frontier Homestead. If Otto can't fix it, no problem, he'll just improvise and create a new gadget that will work just fine. Otto and his wife Charlotte Kilcher, have been married and living together on the homestead for over 20 years. One of their primary sources of income is from the cattle they raise and protect on their piece of the Alaskan Frontier Homestead.
Although Otto and Charlotte don't have time for posting on FaceBook or anywhere on the internet, they do have a significant following of Fans interested in their unique lifestyle. You just never know what the heck Otto will create seemingly out of nothing. Otto and Charlotte Kilcher's Net Worth is estimated at $5 million. If you ask Otto, He'd probably say his pile of "stuff" is worth a million bucks alone.
Eivin and Eve Kilcher's Net Worth
Eivin Kilcher is Otto's oldest son who married Alaskan Native Eve Kilcher. Together they just had a son, Findlay, who's helping start the fourth generation of Kilcher's living near Homer, Alaska. Elvin, just like his dad Otto, has a unique way of fixing and building just about anything around the homestead. The new couple chose to start a Family much like Yule Kilcher did when first moving to Alaska.
With a plot of untouched land a half a mile from Otto and Charlotte's property, Elvin and Eve are slowly building their piece of paradise in The Alaskan Frontier. Elvin and Eve Kilcher's Net Worth is estimated over $2 million since becoming "real" Reality TV Stars.
Atz Lee and Jane Kilcher's Net Worth
Atz Lee Kilcher and his native Alaskan wife, Jane, live a substance lifestyle mostly from hunting and fishing in Alaska The Last Frontier. While growing up in a musical family his entire life, Atz Lee, Jewel's little brother, also has a gift for performing on stage. Watch some of Atz Lee's videos on You-Tube performing on stage. O.K., maybe it's best leaving the singing part to his big sister, Jewel. But when it comes to hunting and surviving in the Alaskan Bush, everyone can learn from Atz Lee Jr.
Perhaps it's because he takes the time explaining certain outdoor survival skills to his wife Janey, and to the growing audience watching Alaska The Last Frontier. Atz Lee doesn't have time for the Internet, but his wife Jane frequently posts on FaceBook with over 40,000 Followers. Atz Lee and Jane Kilcher's Net Worth is estimated at $2+ million with very few monthly bills living on the Family Homestead.
Jewel Kilcher's Net Worth
Jewel is the most famous Kelcher that's not on Alaska The Last Frontier Reality Show. When you see her nowadays you'd never guess Jewel grew up on an Alaskan Homestead with no running lights or electricity. She might be a famous musician known around the world, but it's easy to see Jewel's still very close to the entire Kilcher Family in Homer, Alaska. Just watching the famous singer getting picked on by her younger brother Atz Lee, shows how "real" Alaska The Last Frontier Reality Show really is in real life.
Maybe, just maybe someday Jewel will make a guest appearance on Alaska The Last Frontier that would certainly rank high in the TV Ratings. Like many episodes of Alaska The Last Frontier seen over the past few years, I never had any idea Jewel is part of the Kilcher Family until researching for this article.
It makes you wonder how many more Fans this Show would attract if more people knew Jewel is Atz Lee's Sister. Jewel Kilcher's Net Worth is estimated over $40 million so it'll take something more than just money for an appearance on the Show. Perhaps a challenge from Atz Lee to go Bear Hunting with his Famous Sister and see if she's still up to the challenge after becoming rich and famous? Now that would be "priceless" watching Jewel spending time on Alaska The Last Frontier.
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but don't forget - if they lose their garden....they won't have vegetables all winter. Really? they own the only grocery store in Homer, Alaska.
ReplyDeleteA smart investment.
DeleteThere are 3 grocery stores in Homer. They own none of them. Otto does own several other businesses.
DeleteMost of thier net worth has been acquired since they started the show. Im sure life has become much easier for the majority of the family since they started getting a nice big regular paycheck. Jewel excluded. ..and she has every single penny of hers too.
DeleteWe really like watching them. It is a good clean show and that's hard to find these days. In fact we watch all the Alaska shows and Mountain men also. It really let's you know how hard it could be. I wish all kinds of luck to all of them. My net worth would not be a drop in the bucket compared to any of them. We also listen to Jewel who had a little help but really made it on her own. Good for you Jewel. Just saying.
DeleteI went to homer in june and there were several grocery stores
ReplyDeleteThey definitely try to pass off the idea that they have to hunt and fish and grow veggies for survival, but it's been pretty well established that they don't live very far from civilization and often go into town to hit grocery stores or whatever else. Surprise, surprise- "reality" TV is as fake as ever.
ReplyDeleteI don't recall them ever claiming to live ONLY off the land.
DeleteI agree and if you watch the video of jewel and her dad singing he says they returned to the homestead to live like they did growing up. I don't see it so much as a reality show but as a lesson in what it takes to live a self sustaining lifestyle. That's all
DeleteLol mr. anonymous.. Yes they live 11 miles from a civilization. Its not a "omg we have to hunt or we'll die because were too far from civiliation to get food to save us". Its just what they CHOOSE to do. Its called Homesteading. Something theyve talked a bit about. They CHOOSE to live off the land and be self sufficient. Failure to them would be having to go to the grocery store. I do wish sometimes Discovery would be completely transparent about these things for the people that cant figure it out.
DeleteThis homesteading family is awesome. What you see is what you get, they never claimed to be anything else.
Deletethey sure go threw a lot of gas with all the toys ATVs tractors boats trucks excavators bulldozers barges etc etc and skidoos lol . wheres the dam gas station lol , i like the show its pretty good watching and we all know the tv crew has to get food and shower too
DeleteI agree Christina.
DeleteMost of.these nasty comments come from ignorance and pure.jealousy..I'm sure that before the show started things were much harder and now.with the added income things are easier security wise.but ID.bet they still.don't.spend.a.dime.they don't need to.and.they have earned it.Great show and.great.people ID love to live.like.that !!!! Leave them alone and keep your neg comments to.yourself !
DeleteI think everybody is missing the point...IT'S ENTERTAINMENT! They are trying to live a sustainment lifestyle, in doing so, failure to them would be going to the grocery store. Of course they could buy what they need...they don't want to.
ReplyDeleteI have been a really big fan of the show, but I guess when you look up about there life style on the Internet and start reading about them, the truth finally comes out.. Really disappointed how they make the look on show when in truth is nothing to their real life. And Jewel saying she was homeless is a big load of crap to get people to feel sorry for her, she always had a place to go. Just lost our support for the show. Wish them all the best in real life but a lie is a lie no matter how you try to act it out... ��
ReplyDeleteNo, you are very wrong in your summation of their lifestyle. They live EXACTLY as the show depicts, not because they have to, but because they CHOOSE to. They love the land & want to live a sustainable lifestyle in order to keep Mother Earth wild, free, & beautiful, not overrun with subdivisions, killing all of our natural resources & killing our home (home being the planet we all live on). There is nothing FAKE about that. As far as Jewel saying she was homeless, she was. Yes, she could've gone back to the homestead, but she wouldn't have been able to become a famous singer/songwriter there. So, she & her mother moved to California & lived in their van because any money they made went into helping her make her dream come true. I don't understand everyone's need to "disprove" something, merely because that thing isn't what they "thought" it was. Your disappointment is all your own making, not theirs. They never once said that they HAD TO live the way they do. They do it out of respect for the land & out of respect for everything their dad/grandfather did in order to leave them the beautiful homestead they all live on. This is where really listening comes in handy.
DeleteIf anyone has grown up having to" make do" they would understand how difficult their lifestyle is. I admire their ability to live for the most part off the land. They are inventive in what they do & is trying to show some people who have never hunted, fished or farm how difficult that life is. I admire what they do regardless where they live.
Deleteso sad that simple people get so twisted off when they get beneath the first layer of truth and find out something they misunderstood. this is a production...where the people starring in it are getting paid. they also have access to resources beyond the sustainable aspects that are portrayed. Now that that is out of the way...if it is no longer interesting to watch then don't. But please stop crying. No one wants to hear it. BTW - the lifestyle and "culture-carrying" that they DO have is a beautiful thing. I vote "YES"
DeleteFace it. They are not hard working people surviving off the land. They have more then 90% of Americans. The hard part of their life is trying to act like they are just average people trying to cut out a path of survival in Alaska. Just more fiction from reality TV.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that you say they aren't hard working, proves that you have never watched the show. Just because they have money doesn't make them lazy or non-self sufficent. They could easily pay to have indoor plumbing installed but they don't. They live off the land and find it important to grow their own food as much as possible and hunt their meat instead of buying it. They are all amazing. Their net worth changes nothing.
DeleteIt's pretty evident that the Kilchers have chosen to ebrace the minalmist lifestyle of a homesteader and equally evident that they work extremely hard because that is the life of a homesteader. That doesn't mean they would not want the security of financial means if somehow their world were turned upside down. I had parents that grew up in the Great Depression who lived very simply despite having millions in net worth. You notice that the drama on ATNF is just the life itself. There are no staged fights or backstabbing plots in this show and that set's it apart from every other reality show I've seen. Money for some people is security, nothing more. If you're not able to see that in the Kiltcher's lifestyle, you're just not bright or can't imagine people not wanting to live like jet-setting celebrities & multi-millionares. They get their happiness from living a life they have chosen and they could most certainly afford to live otherwise if they wanted to.
DeleteYes they are all pretty well off but they still CHOOSE to live the life that they live. They raise their own cattle and raise chickens and vegetables. Do they have luxuries? Sure, they have rifles they have purchased, ammunition, tractors, trucks and a cargo boat as well as snowmobiles and quads, they never said they were living this way because they couldn't afford other means, they live this way because they choose too. Get over your slamming them and if you don't like it ...change the channel.
ReplyDeleteExactly... If you think a "reality" television show is actual reality, then you would have to be one dumb gullible person. It's on television to be entertainment, if your not entertained you can always change the damn channel.
DeleteNicely said.
DeleteThe Kilcher's have been a part of my Sunday night family time for a few years now. We really enjoy watching their family and appreciate them allowing us into their lives. It doesn't matter if they fudge the truth a little about why they are living this way. They do it because it is just how they live and we have no right to knock it. Just don't watch it if you dint like it.
DeleteOnly reality show I watch and I don't care where or what they buy or have its the premise of their show that I enjoy
DeleteI live in the Deep South and I know it is for entertainment...however, I love the show.... I watch it every time it comes on TV...I wish Alaska wasn't so far ....I would love to visit Home and check out the area and camp out for a few days.
DeleteThe big cargo barge was FREE. Otto knew the guy that owned it; he was going to trash it, so Otto took it & repaired it so he could use it.
DeleteGood for them! They figured out you can make it in the USA... if you choose not depend on the government
ReplyDeleteI like the show, if they really live the lifestyle its because they want to, not because they have to, I have lived in Alaska for 43yrs and I don't want or need to live this lifestyle. it makes for good TV
ReplyDeleteThe entire show is a sham. I have never seen a bigger bunch of cluster*****. How many times do we have to hear "we have to fill our freezers or we won't make it through winter." They have cattle for Chrissakes!
ReplyDeleteBah humbug! Really? My elderly Dad is home bound and one of the few enjoyments he gets is watching TV. We've been watching this family from the beginning, and whether they live like that now, lived like that a long time ago, or their ancestors lived like that, my Dad, having lived through the aftermath of the Great Depression in New York City, enjoys seeing basically "how the other half lives." The family seems like really nice, wholesome, down to Earth people, so if you don't have something nice to say, say nothing at all!
DeleteWow, do you even WATCH the show, or are you just naturally dense? They say things like that because of the lifestyle they CHOOSE to live. They want to eat healthy foods that they grow & hunt/fish for themselves as opposed to the packaged foods sold in the grocery stores that are full of chemicals & nitrates. What's wrong with that? Grow up. If you don't like the show, don't watch it or come on the website & bash them. Also, my best friend lives in Homer & knows them. She says that they live exactly like the show depicts & that the entire family are truly nice folks that go out of their way to help others. Maybe you cold do with being a bit more like them, huh?
DeleteI live on a family farm that my grandparents started in the early 1900s when I was growing up people always thought we were rich because we lived in a big house. I have been tormented by this my whole life. We might have more but we worked for it. When you get off from work you go home and get ready for the next day.. Well when you have animals that depend on you, you can't just go home. My husband gets up every day at 4:30 am and works 11 hours before coming home to get to work on the farm until 9:00pm most days so shut up about how much money the Kilchers have, they've earned it.
ReplyDeleteNo doubt, I have some friends that Ranch in S. Dakota, They got a nice spread, nice trucks, couple of 5th wheels. They work there Asses off for it. Like to see anyone of these doubters deliver a Calf at 3am when its 20 below zero, carry it a half mile on their shoulders to get it the incubator.
DeleteAny who knows cattle, they will give berth on the coldest damn nights.
LOL!You are so right about about the the cattle berthing on the coldest damn nights.
DeleteI don't believe the viewing audience is criticizing the kilchers for being successful. The criticism arises when they talk about running out food if they can't kill it or grow it.They create drama where there is none.
ReplyDeleteOf course I'd love to be able to grow my own food
and supply my needs without the grocery.
I admire them for this and watch the show, mostly for their innovative solutions to problems. I jusi resent fake desperation. There are people in
Alaska and elsewhere who really are that desperate.
They do this with the vegetable growing, the raising of the chickens, the hunting, everything they do they make it appear as if it's vital for their survival.
It's very easy to say you'd love to grow your own garden, raise your own meat and hunt for the rest. I'll bet you wouldn't have the guts to weed a garden for a whole summer to reap the benefits of a real garden. Animals require a lot of work to maintain or they suffer and die. These people choose to live more frugally than you do and that is their choice. They have assets but they choose to hold onto them rather than just move to the city,get an apartment,buy fancy cars and acquire the lovely bills that go along with them. Having money doesn't mean you have to flaunt it or spend it, its just there if you need it and God forbid you waste it because keeping it in a family is much smarter.
DeleteWhen the show first started, Atz Lee and Jane had two children. The children are no longer a part of the show. What happened to them?
ReplyDeleteI do like watching the show. I think that Eiven and Eve are much more aware of the need to get work done during the summer as opposed to Atz Lee and Jane. There have been episodes where Atz Lee and Jane did not have any fire wood or meat and the family came together to provide for them. Atz Lee and Jane were out doing whatever instead of gathering fire wood.
I stumbled upon this site looking for the same answer. Just watched the Thanksgiving and Christmas episodes and the kids weren't there. But neither was Otto & Charlotte's son, August. I still believe they live off the land and work extremely hard to do so, but I guess there are parts that are filmed for TV. ;)
DeleteThey all have Facebook pages. Jane explains on hers that she wants the children's lives to be private.
DeleteMy wife and I enjoy the show and I enjoyed this article, although there are some glaring errors. Jewel not only wrote some articles (and has spoken in interviews) about growing up in Alaska and singing in bars while still a child, she also wrote her biography and published it under the title "jewel - never broken, songs are only half the story." She writes about the abuse she suffered as a child and about her mother abandoning the family when Jewel was eight, only to return when Jewel was signed to a record deal. She also writes about living in her car while performing in coffee shops in San Diego and her failed marriage. Read the book; it's very interesting.
ReplyDeleteMost of the songs she writes are based on her life experiences. Also, the town of Homer put on a "benefit concert" which consisted of Jewel singing (at the age of about 15) to raise money for her to attend Interlochen Center for the Arts in Michigan. Interlochen is not a college; it is a school, grades 3 through 12, for gifted children to study music and other arts. Jewel attended for two years (the town of Homer only paid for one year), studying music (voice) the first year and art the second year.
As for the show, it's one of the better shows about life in Alaska. Some of it may be staged but at least the participants are civilized and treat each other with respect, and for the most part it is believable.
Also, keep in mind that 600 acres is less than a square mile, so several families sharing the homestead is something less than a "wilderness."
No disrespect here but, where is Atz Lee mother? Atz Lee was injured from a fall and his mother was nowhere around, that I could see.
ReplyDeleteSeveral years ago I was lucky enough to live on just a couple of acres but we raised about four head of beef and a couple of pigs and chickens and a large garden. We both worked on our jobs and the little farm. We raised these things so WE would know what we were eating and shared it with our kids. There is nothing wrong with raising or hunting what you want to put in your body instead of being one of the SHEEPLE who follow what the government decides we willl eat. I'd do it all again if I could. So what if they have money, is that a sin? No, its just using your head for thinking instead of wearing a hat. Let it go people, jealousy is an ugly word.
ReplyDeleteI want to also point out the article was about there "net worth" not their avalible cash two diffrent things. As a mid western farmer my net worth may seem large to a 90 precenter but I can assure you that more than likely you have more disposable income at hand than a homesteader. Yes they can go to a store near by but do you know what it would cost a family that size to eat with out a government subsity and just because you are to lazy to grow your own food or live off the land don't bash a family that is u can always change the chanel
ReplyDeleteI live in England and have watched the show for a few years!!! I love the show and everybody in it.
ReplyDeleteSo what if the show is sometimes not the real truth, I just love it and am sorry this years shows look like they are finished for another year.
Good luck to all the Kilchers!!!
Most "homesteaders" don't own bulldozers and excavators but at least they do their own work and are not looking for government handouts.
ReplyDeleteBut you have to realize that Otto was a master mechanic in Homer. They have no new equipment and most of the stuff they have is very old stuff that Otto has gotten for free or very cheaply and rebuilt it to make it run or function. All farmers and ranchers have to be pretty good mechanics in order to survive. Otto just happens to be a master mechanic...
DeleteI love them all, I am not so petty to pick them apart. Thank you for a great family show with values.
ReplyDeleteWho the heck would want to act like you are cleaning a chicken coop that shit stinks. They have to script some things cause you can't just say and do what you want. I am sure Otto is pretty ruff with words. Lol
ReplyDeleteAll our family watch ATLF. We choose it over many other tv shows. And we are fully aware there are one and two camera people along with sound people and other production people involved in the shooting of each episode of this show. But there is honesty and real life experience and respect in how this family treats each other and what they are attempting to teach the viewer as well. And perhaps it is as close to the Sunday evening Walt Disney Davy Crockett series of our youth as we will ever get in today's TV world. Where else can you see people who teach the value of hard work, family values, respect for the land and animals and a chance to see a lifestyle which many of us only dream of? Many of us have chosen to live such a life for an hour a week if only vicariously through the Kilchers. And for those naysayers on this site, net worth is not a reason to choose whether to watch a TV show. True entertainment is.
ReplyDeleteGreat homestead family, people are to quick to criticize, cause what they do can't be faked. If you took away all the modern conveniences, the Kilcher's would have no problems surviving. Still I didn't realize Jewel was Atz's daughter until reading an Article about Atz Lee accident. It was fairly obvious from the start they weren't living in poverty and they choose this way of life.
ReplyDeleteUnlike most of the "Reality" shows, this one always felt legitimate. Network doesn't have to fake it. Their riches don't come from the Millions in some banking account. As for Otto he would walk right pass a huge pile of money, if there was bigger pile of Junk further down the road. In his mind Paper money is good for 2 things (I'm sure you can figure it out)
I kinda have the feeling that once the wintersnows,etc, set in it may get a bit difficult to get to town. Don't know for sure cause I don't live there, but have been through the winters in the midwest and that is not nearly as far north as Alaska. And as to needing to fill the freezer. The cattle are a commodity and a business. If ya eat enough of your business, you no longer have one. And anyway. Who wouldn't want to eat Moose Bear, elk, smoked salmon, free range eggs from the chickens, etc. It sounds like a pretty realistic reality show and a family that knows the value of living off the land. Money is irrelevant. Sounds like a lot of jealousy has been poiuring out on this page in the comments.
ReplyDeleteI was watching this show noticed all the heavy equipment available . I thought if he sold his equipment he could retire . So I checked Ottos net worth . I now wonder how did the family aquire all the acerage ? Was it in a government give away to get people to settle there ?
ReplyDeleteI enjoy the show, but would note that last week, Jane was moose hunting, shot a moose, and then said, "I don't even want to think about what would have happened if I didn't get a moose."
ReplyDeleteOn another episode, Eve went picking cottonwood buds for a home remedy. Then she said, being homesteaders, we can't just run to the store to buy this stuff.
Both statements were probably written by the discovery channel shameless scoundrels.
This family is nice. The discovery channel stinks.
It's a great show and I love it. They have plenty of money but choose to live as they were raised and where they were raised. There veggies are organic and there meat is not processed so I'm sure there also pretty healthy too. The show itself is something that can actually teach a lot of people about survival. Very few people in this world have enough knowledge of survival without cell phones, computers, grocery stores and other "luxurys". More power to them I love the show and what it stands for !
ReplyDeleteI like the show and find it funny, but I never have seen farmers with such well groomed fingernails!
ReplyDeleteWasn't this a 60minutes show back in the late 60's early 70's? Seemed like this was something Dan Rather covered way back?? I'm 61 years old now and I know my memeory is a bit hazy since having a stroke, but I am sure I saw this program many years ago in my youth.
ReplyDeleteI love, love, love this show!!!! I watch it every time it is on and sometimes, all day on Sunday! If my husband had said we are going to Alaska to homestead, I would have said, "when are we going." Punkin
ReplyDeleteI want to know how they wash all those muddy clothes?
ReplyDeleteI would just like to know why on the show it is mentioned about the father/grandfather and how amazing he was. How strong he was and how he taught them so much but i don't hear them mention the mother/grandmother. She had to be just as strong and amazing and i am sure she had to have done her share of teaching her children things. I would just like her to get some credit for being a part of creating this wonderful homestead too.
ReplyDeleteGood show. I like it. Look forward to it. Miss it when it's not on. Otto Is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteI love this show!! Reminds me of my grandma's homestead! & the stories I heard growing up about the depression! Enjoy watching it ..seems good to see real life .Hope this one stays on forever! It teaches many good ways..I want to watch the babies grow up!..if I were younger I'd love to live this way! Love you all..
ReplyDeleteI don't mean to get political,but I guess if the Kilchers want some red meat they will have to go to the store when Hillary gets elected and takes their guns.
ReplyDeleteReally, noticed all the heavy eqipment???? Homesteading???? Worried about their net worth???? As observant as you are I would have thought you would have noticed the TV remote you dumb a_ _.
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I love this show! If we were 20 years younger we would move to Alaska and live like them.
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