Port Lions vs Womens Bay

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

Port Lions 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 151 in Port Lions). Womens Bay has the higher median household income ($102,292 vs $51,111 in Port Lions). Womens Bay has the higher median home value ($462,600 vs $189,100 in Port Lions).

Population, income & housing

	Port Lions	Womens Bay
Population	151	994
Median age	56.4 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,111	$102,292
Median home value	$189,100	$462,600
Housing units	138	379
Homeownership rate	88.8%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.9%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Lions	Womens Bay
Population	178 → 151 (-15.2%)	902 → 994 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $51,111 (-0.3%)	$96,528 → $102,292 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$154,200 → $189,100 (+22.6%)	$425,200 → $462,600 (+8.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,529 → $1,107 (-27.6%)

Port Lions

Population

178151

Median household income

$51,250$51,111

Median home value

$154,200$189,100

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)

	Port Lions	Womens Bay
Under 5	1.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	9.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	12.6%	11.1%
25 to 34	2.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	16.9%
45 to 54	7.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	29.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	14.6%	11.2%
75 and over	9.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Lions	Womens Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	21.9%	71.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	54.3%	10.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	16.6%	17.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Lions	Womens Bay
No high school diploma	7.8%	8.9%
High school graduate	57.4%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Lions	Womens Bay
Drove alone	47.1%	47.1%
Carpooled	15.7%	11.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	22.9%
Other means	24.3%	18.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Lions	Womens Bay
1-unit, detached	100.0%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Port Lions	Womens Bay
Poverty rate	16.6%	13.3%
Average household size	1.89	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	8	22
Median year structure built	1969	1986