Fritz Creek vs Seward

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

Fritz Creek 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 2,432 in Fritz Creek). Fritz Creek has the higher median household income ($85,893 vs $71,016 in Seward). Fritz Creek has the higher median home value ($328,200 vs $290,300 in Seward).

Population, income & housing

	Fritz Creek	Seward
Population	2,432	2,735
Median age	45.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,893	$71,016
Median home value	$328,200	$290,300
Median gross rent	$1,292	$1,109
Housing units	1,356	1,196
Homeownership rate	86.7%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.1%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fritz Creek	Seward
Population	2,074 → 2,432 (+17.3%)	2,773 → 2,735 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$71,042 → $85,893 (+20.9%)	$73,611 → $71,016 (-3.5%)
Median home value	$299,500 → $328,200 (+9.6%)	$243,500 → $290,300 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	$891 → $1,292 (+45.0%)	$983 → $1,109 (+12.8%)

Fritz Creek

Population

2,0742,432

Median household income

$71,042$85,893

Median home value

$299,500$328,200

Median gross rent

$891$1,292

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)

	Fritz Creek	Seward
Under 5	7.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.7%	17.1%
18 to 24	3.7%	2.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	18.4%
35 to 44	13.0%	16.2%
45 to 54	15.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	14.6%	12.8%
75 and over	5.3%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fritz Creek	Seward
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	71.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	13.7%
Asian	4.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	1.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fritz Creek	Seward
No high school diploma	4.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	25.9%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fritz Creek	Seward
Drove alone	75.8%	51.6%
Carpooled	7.6%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	17.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	5.4%
Worked from home	7.5%	7.9%
Other means	6.8%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fritz Creek	Seward
1-unit, detached	93.6%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fritz Creek	Seward
Poverty rate	5.3%	10.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	20	13
Median year structure built	1993	1982