Primrose vs Seldovia

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

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

Seldovia has the higher population (174 vs 125 in Primrose). Seldovia has the higher median household income ($84,750 vs $84,444 in Primrose). Primrose has the higher median home value ($555,600 vs $195,000 in Seldovia).

Population, income & housing

	Primrose	Seldovia
Population	125	174
Median age	38.1 yrs	62.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,444	$84,750
Median home value	$555,600	$195,000
Median gross rent	—	$625
Housing units	93	169
Homeownership rate	100.0%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.1%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Primrose	Seldovia
Population	100 → 125 (+25.0%)	208 → 174 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$71,406 → $84,444 (+18.3%)	$68,750 → $84,750 (+23.3%)
Median home value	$443,800 → $555,600 (+25.2%)	$223,400 → $195,000 (-12.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$675 → $625 (-7.4%)

Primrose

Population

100125

Median household income

$71,406$84,444

Median home value

$443,800$555,600

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)

	Primrose	Seldovia
Under 5	7.2%	8.6%
5 to 17	8.8%	6.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	20.8%	6.9%
35 to 44	28.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.3%
55 to 64	22.4%	19.5%
65 to 74	12.8%	24.7%
75 and over	0.0%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Primrose	Seldovia
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	16.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Primrose	Seldovia
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	17.1%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.8%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Primrose	Seldovia
Drove alone	68.4%	72.9%
Carpooled	11.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.3%	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)

	Primrose	Seldovia
1-unit, detached	96.8%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Primrose	Seldovia
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.7%
Average household size	2.48	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	4
Median year structure built	1964	1982