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Seward, AK

2,794 Population
14 square miles 200.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.7 ±8.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 41.4 ±0.4
  • a little higher than the figure in Alaska: 35.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,368 ±$5,294 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $44,190 ±$2,260
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Alaska: $46,573 ±$569
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,481 ±$29,246 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $80,538 ±$5,216
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Alaska: $92,788 ±$1,232
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.3% ±5.5% (200  ±119) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.8% † 6,965 (±1.2% / ±726)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 10.1% 72,786 (±0.4% / ±2,899)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.3 minutes ±6.8 (12,055  ±7,064) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 20.7 451,120 (±1.4 / ±34,460)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Alaska: 19.4 6,181,345 (±0.4 / ±125,429)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

925 ±172 Number of households
  • Kenai Peninsula Borough: 24,371 ±383
  • Alaska: 270,533 ±1,456
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.4 (2,062  ±95) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 2.4 58,464 (±0 / ±127)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alaska: 2.6 704,937
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,195 ±221 Number of housing units
  • Kenai Peninsula Borough: 32,836 ±102
  • Alaska: 328,491 ±442
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$338,100 ±$29,761 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Kenai Peninsula Borough: $323,200 ±$8,421
  • a little less than the amount in Alaska: $352,900 ±$3,735
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.2% ±6.5% (425  ±181.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 11.8% † 7,053 (±1.4% / ±861)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alaska: 14.5% 105,465 (±0.5% / ±3,731.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±13.7% (1,937  ±330.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 94.7% 40,650 (±2.7% / ±1,165.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Alaska: 93.6% 458,914 (±1% / ±4,862.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
43% ±10.8% (883  ±234.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 29.8% 12,786 (±1.5% / ±625.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Alaska: 31.7% 155,356 (±0.6% / ±2,849.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.7% ±4.7% (188  ±130) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 3.7% 2,221
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Alaska: 7.7% 56,745
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±3.4% (111  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Kenai Peninsula Borough: 10% 4,707 (±0.8% / ±388)
  • about half the rate in Alaska: 10.8% 57,477 (±0.3% / ±1,846)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
111 Total veterans ±73 111 Male ±73 N/A Female ±10

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