Seward vs Soldotna

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

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

Soldotna has the higher population (4,448 vs 2,735 in Seward). Seward has the higher median household income ($71,016 vs $62,984 in Soldotna). Seward has the higher median home value ($290,300 vs $277,300 in Soldotna).

Population, income & housing

	Seward	Soldotna
Population	2,735	4,448
Median age	42.6 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,016	$62,984
Median home value	$290,300	$277,300
Median gross rent	$1,109	$1,104
Housing units	1,196	1,991
Homeownership rate	68.6%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seward	Soldotna
Population	2,773 → 2,735 (-1.4%)	4,649 → 4,448 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$73,611 → $71,016 (-3.5%)	$60,491 → $62,984 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$243,500 → $290,300 (+19.2%)	$211,400 → $277,300 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$983 → $1,109 (+12.8%)	$1,019 → $1,104 (+8.3%)

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

Soldotna

Population

4,6494,448

Median household income

$60,491$62,984

Median home value

$211,400$277,300

Median gross rent

$1,019$1,104

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Seward	Soldotna
Under 5	4.4%	7.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	18.0%
18 to 24	2.4%	6.7%
25 to 34	18.4%	18.3%
35 to 44	16.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	9.9%
65 to 74	12.8%	9.1%
75 and over	6.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seward	Soldotna
White (non-Hispanic)	71.8%	76.3%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.7%	4.4%
Asian	0.8%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.4%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seward	Soldotna
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	37.9%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seward	Soldotna
Drove alone	51.6%	63.4%
Carpooled	14.0%	19.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	17.5%	5.2%
Bicycle	5.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	7.9%	4.1%
Other means	3.6%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seward	Soldotna
1-unit, detached	70.7%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	16.5%	15.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Seward	Soldotna
Poverty rate	10.7%	18.5%
Average household size	2.05	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	13	13
Median year structure built	1982	1986