Seldovia Village vs Tyonek

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

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

Tyonek has the higher population (291 vs 207 in Seldovia Village). Seldovia Village has the higher median household income ($74,063 vs $57,917 in Tyonek). Seldovia Village has the higher median home value ($203,600 vs $45,000 in Tyonek).

Population, income & housing

	Seldovia Village	Tyonek
Population	207	291
Median age	52.3 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,063	$57,917
Median home value	$203,600	$45,000
Median gross rent	—	$558
Housing units	187	158
Homeownership rate	95.4%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	7.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	20.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seldovia Village	Tyonek
Population	160 → 207 (+29.4%)	399 → 291 (-27.1%)
Median household income	$80,278 → $74,063 (-7.7%)	$38,250 → $57,917 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$210,400 → $203,600 (-3.2%)	$31,300 → $45,000 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,000 → $558 (-44.2%)

Seldovia Village

Population

160207

Median household income

$80,278$74,063

Median home value

$210,400$203,600

Tyonek

Population

399291

Median household income

$38,250$57,917

Median home value

$31,300$45,000

Median gross rent

$1,000$558

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Seldovia Village	Tyonek
Under 5	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	13.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	2.9%	26.1%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	9.7%	14.8%
45 to 54	23.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	8.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	18.8%	1.7%
75 and over	14.5%	0.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seldovia Village	Tyonek
White (non-Hispanic)	48.8%	1.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	29.0%	66.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	6.9%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.0%	9.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seldovia Village	Tyonek
No high school diploma	6.9%	1.8%
High school graduate	33.9%	58.3%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	1.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seldovia Village	Tyonek
Drove alone	40.0%	48.2%
Carpooled	11.8%	12.1%
Public transit	4.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	23.4%
Bicycle	17.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	16.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seldovia Village	Tyonek
1-unit, detached	97.9%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Seldovia Village	Tyonek
Poverty rate	12.1%	16.5%
Average household size	2.38	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	16	6
Median year structure built	1990	1969