Old Harbor vs Womens Bay

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

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

Womens Bay has the higher population (994 vs 186 in Old Harbor). Womens Bay has the higher median household income ($102,292 vs $31,250 in Old Harbor). Womens Bay has the higher median home value ($462,600 vs $95,000 in Old Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Old Harbor	Womens Bay
Population	186	994
Median age	33.0 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$31,250	$102,292
Median home value	$95,000	$462,600
Median gross rent	$863	—
Housing units	153	379
Homeownership rate	65.9%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	29.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Harbor	Womens Bay
Population	231 → 186 (-19.5%)	902 → 994 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $31,250 (-13.8%)	$96,528 → $102,292 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$86,700 → $95,000 (+9.6%)	$425,200 → $462,600 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $863 (-6.7%)	$1,529 → $1,107 (-27.6%)

Old Harbor

Population

231186

Median household income

$36,250$31,250

Median home value

$86,700$95,000

Median gross rent

$925$863

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)

	Old Harbor	Womens Bay
Under 5	10.8%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.3%	13.9%
18 to 24	18.3%	11.1%
25 to 34	5.9%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	16.9%
45 to 54	10.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	17.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	6.5%	11.2%
75 and over	3.2%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Harbor	Womens Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	7.0%	71.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	68.8%	10.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	22.6%	17.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Harbor	Womens Bay
No high school diploma	13.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	50.0%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Harbor	Womens Bay
Drove alone	39.6%	47.1%
Carpooled	33.3%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.4%	22.9%
Other means	4.2%	18.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Harbor	Womens Bay
1-unit, detached	96.7%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Old Harbor	Womens Bay
Poverty rate	55.4%	13.3%
Average household size	2.04	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	5	22
Median year structure built	1978	1986