Kodiak vs Womens Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Kodiak and Womens Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kodiak has the higher population (5,497 vs 994 in Womens Bay). Womens Bay has the higher median household income ($102,292 vs $71,373 in Kodiak). Womens Bay has the higher median home value ($462,600 vs $314,800 in Kodiak).

Population, income & housing

	Kodiak	Womens Bay
Population	5,497	994
Median age	40.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,373	$102,292
Median home value	$314,800	$462,600
Median gross rent	$1,430	—
Housing units	2,125	379
Homeownership rate	51.1%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kodiak	Womens Bay
Population	6,022 → 5,497 (-8.7%)	902 → 994 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$73,310 → $71,373 (-2.6%)	$96,528 → $102,292 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$255,000 → $314,800 (+23.5%)	$425,200 → $462,600 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,228 → $1,430 (+16.4%)	$1,529 → $1,107 (-27.6%)

Kodiak

Population

6,0225,497

Median household income

$73,310$71,373

Median home value

$255,000$314,800

Median gross rent

$1,228$1,430

Womens Bay

Population

902994

Median household income

$96,528$102,292

Median home value

$425,200$462,600

Median gross rent

$1,529$1,107

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kodiak	Womens Bay
Under 5	3.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	16.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	12.8%	11.1%
25 to 34	7.7%	14.2%
35 to 44	17.7%	16.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	14.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.2%
75 and over	6.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kodiak	Womens Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	31.4%	71.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.7%	10.8%
Asian	43.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	17.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kodiak	Womens Bay
No high school diploma	10.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	37.8%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kodiak	Womens Bay
Drove alone	57.9%	47.1%
Carpooled	20.4%	11.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	22.9%
Other means	12.4%	18.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kodiak	Womens Bay
1-unit, detached	48.1%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	17.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Kodiak	Womens Bay
Poverty rate	7.7%	13.3%
Average household size	2.82	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	9	22
Median year structure built	1977	1986