Ridgeway vs Seward

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

Ridgeway 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 2,174 in Ridgeway). Ridgeway has the higher median household income ($95,000 vs $71,016 in Seward). Ridgeway has the higher median home value ($305,000 vs $290,300 in Seward).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgeway	Seward
Population	2,174	2,735
Median age	54.0 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$95,000	$71,016
Median home value	$305,000	$290,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,109
Housing units	1,199	1,196
Homeownership rate	72.7%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	36.9%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgeway	Seward
Population	2,702 → 2,174 (-19.5%)	2,773 → 2,735 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$91,029 → $95,000 (+4.4%)	$73,611 → $71,016 (-3.5%)
Median home value	$257,400 → $305,000 (+18.5%)	$243,500 → $290,300 (+19.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$983 → $1,109 (+12.8%)

Ridgeway

Population

2,7022,174

Median household income

$91,029$95,000

Median home value

$257,400$305,000

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)

	Ridgeway	Seward
Under 5	5.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	1.9%	2.4%
25 to 34	7.9%	18.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	16.2%
45 to 54	14.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	21.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.8%
75 and over	11.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgeway	Seward
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	71.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.1%	13.7%
Asian	1.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgeway	Seward
No high school diploma	4.1%	7.2%
High school graduate	33.9%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgeway	Seward
Drove alone	60.2%	51.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	17.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.4%
Worked from home	25.6%	7.9%
Other means	4.7%	3.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgeway	Seward
1-unit, detached	91.0%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	16.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ridgeway	Seward
Poverty rate	9.4%	10.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	17	13
Median year structure built	1988	1982