Anchor Point vs Seward

A side-by-side comparison of Anchor Point and Seward: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Seward has the higher population (2,735 vs 2,291 in Anchor Point). Seward has the higher median household income ($71,016 vs $63,382 in Anchor Point). Seward has the higher median home value ($290,300 vs $235,200 in Anchor Point).

Population, income & housing

	Anchor Point	Seward
Population	2,291	2,735
Median age	51.4 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,382	$71,016
Median home value	$235,200	$290,300
Median gross rent	$1,167	$1,109
Housing units	1,435	1,196
Homeownership rate	82.1%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anchor Point	Seward
Population	2,129 → 2,291 (+7.6%)	2,773 → 2,735 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$58,636 → $63,382 (+8.1%)	$73,611 → $71,016 (-3.5%)
Median home value	$189,000 → $235,200 (+24.4%)	$243,500 → $290,300 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$930 → $1,167 (+25.5%)	$983 → $1,109 (+12.8%)

Anchor Point

Population

2,1292,291

Median household income

$58,636$63,382

Median home value

$189,000$235,200

Median gross rent

$930$1,167

Seward

Population

2,7732,735

Median household income

$73,611$71,016

Median home value

$243,500$290,300

Median gross rent

$983$1,109

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anchor Point	Seward
Under 5	2.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.2%	17.1%
18 to 24	4.0%	2.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	18.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	16.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	17.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	17.3%	12.8%
75 and over	9.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anchor Point	Seward
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	71.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	13.7%
Asian	1.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anchor Point	Seward
No high school diploma	10.3%	7.2%
High school graduate	37.0%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anchor Point	Seward
Drove alone	69.0%	51.6%
Carpooled	12.5%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	17.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.4%
Worked from home	12.7%	7.9%
Other means	3.1%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anchor Point	Seward
1-unit, detached	93.0%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Anchor Point	Seward
Poverty rate	12.5%	10.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	23	13
Median year structure built	1991	1982