Cohoe vs Seward

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

Cohoe 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 1,619 in Cohoe). Seward has the higher median household income ($71,016 vs $59,000 in Cohoe). Seward has the higher median home value ($290,300 vs $228,600 in Cohoe).

Population, income & housing

	Cohoe	Seward
Population	1,619	2,735
Median age	44.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,000	$71,016
Median home value	$228,600	$290,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,109
Housing units	1,020	1,196
Homeownership rate	86.3%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cohoe	Seward
Population	1,223 → 1,619 (+32.4%)	2,773 → 2,735 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$69,219 → $59,000 (-14.8%)	$73,611 → $71,016 (-3.5%)
Median home value	$209,700 → $228,600 (+9.0%)	$243,500 → $290,300 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$708 → $850 (+20.1%)	$983 → $1,109 (+12.8%)

Cohoe

Population

1,2231,619

Median household income

$69,219$59,000

Median home value

$209,700$228,600

Median gross rent

$708$850

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)

	Cohoe	Seward
Under 5	8.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	2.4%
25 to 34	7.7%	18.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	16.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	9.9%
55 to 64	20.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.8%
75 and over	3.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cohoe	Seward
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	71.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.4%	13.7%
Asian	1.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	1.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cohoe	Seward
No high school diploma	5.6%	7.2%
High school graduate	34.2%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cohoe	Seward
Drove alone	76.2%	51.6%
Carpooled	7.7%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	17.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.4%
Worked from home	9.9%	7.9%
Other means	4.7%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cohoe	Seward
1-unit, detached	90.8%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cohoe	Seward
Poverty rate	18.0%	10.7%
Average household size	2.48	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	32	13
Median year structure built	1996	1982