Cooper Landing vs Seldovia

A side-by-side comparison of Cooper Landing and Seldovia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cooper Landing has the higher population (231 vs 174 in Seldovia). Cooper Landing has the higher median household income ($140,500 vs $84,750 in Seldovia). Cooper Landing has the higher median home value ($404,500 vs $195,000 in Seldovia).

Population, income & housing

	Cooper Landing	Seldovia
Population	231	174
Median age	46.3 yrs	62.4 yrs
Median household income	$140,500	$84,750
Median home value	$404,500	$195,000
Median gross rent	—	$625
Housing units	336	169
Homeownership rate	73.7%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cooper Landing	Seldovia
Population	478 → 231 (-51.7%)	208 → 174 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$69,242 → $140,500 (+102.9%)	$68,750 → $84,750 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$349,400 → $404,500 (+15.8%)	$223,400 → $195,000 (-12.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$675 → $625 (-7.4%)

Cooper Landing

Population

478231

Median household income

$69,242$140,500

Median home value

$349,400$404,500

Seldovia

Population

208174

Median household income

$68,750$84,750

Median home value

$223,400$195,000

Median gross rent

$675$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cooper Landing	Seldovia
Under 5	8.2%	8.6%
5 to 17	9.1%	6.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	26.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	1.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	27.7%	6.3%
55 to 64	18.2%	19.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	24.7%
75 and over	0.0%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cooper Landing	Seldovia
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	34.2%	16.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cooper Landing	Seldovia
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	20.4%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cooper Landing	Seldovia
Drove alone	97.9%	72.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	21.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cooper Landing	Seldovia
1-unit, detached	88.7%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Cooper Landing	Seldovia
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.7%
Average household size	2.00	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	15	4
Median year structure built	1979	1982