Valdez vs Whittier

A side-by-side comparison of Valdez and Whittier: population, income, housing, and more.

Valdez and Whittier are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Valdez has the higher population (3,911 vs 471 in Whittier). Valdez has the higher median household income ($97,067 vs $57,188 in Whittier). Valdez has the higher median home value ($312,400 vs $83,500 in Whittier).

Population, income & housing

	Valdez	Whittier
Population	3,911	471
Median age	39.3 yrs	29.8 yrs
Median household income	$97,067	$57,188
Median home value	$312,400	$83,500
Median gross rent	$1,463	$965
Housing units	1,928	340
Homeownership rate	63.0%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Valdez	Whittier
Population	3,847 → 3,911 (+1.7%)	318 → 471 (+48.1%)
Median household income	$85,085 → $97,067 (+14.1%)	$59,000 → $57,188 (-3.1%)
Median home value	$168,600 → $312,400 (+85.3%)	$63,100 → $83,500 (+32.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,192 → $1,463 (+22.7%)	$875 → $965 (+10.3%)

Valdez

Population

3,8473,911

Median household income

$85,085$97,067

Median home value

$168,600$312,400

Median gross rent

$1,192$1,463

Whittier

Population

318471

Median household income

$59,000$57,188

Median home value

$63,100$83,500

Median gross rent

$875$965

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Valdez	Whittier
Under 5	5.7%	16.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	18.3%
35 to 44	17.1%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	5.9%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.5%
75 and over	3.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Valdez	Whittier
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	43.7%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.0%	4.7%
Asian	0.3%	29.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	9.1%
Some other race	1.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.3%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Valdez	Whittier
No high school diploma	4.7%	8.5%
High school graduate	19.9%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Valdez	Whittier
Drove alone	75.7%	39.9%
Carpooled	9.2%	15.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	27.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	15.9%
Other means	2.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Valdez	Whittier
1-unit, detached	48.7%	5.3%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	12.4%
20 or more units	0.8%	81.8%
Mobile home & other	24.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Valdez	Whittier
Poverty rate	5.1%	15.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	11	7
Median year structure built	1980	1953