Newhalen vs Port Heiden

A side-by-side comparison of Newhalen and Port Heiden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newhalen has the higher population (100 vs 73 in Port Heiden). Port Heiden has the higher median household income ($67,917 vs $56,250 in Newhalen). Newhalen has the higher median home value ($203,100 vs $137,500 in Port Heiden).

Population, income & housing

	Newhalen	Port Heiden
Population	100	73
Median age	27.5 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$67,917
Median home value	$203,100	$137,500
Housing units	40	46
Homeownership rate	96.4%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newhalen	Port Heiden
Population	131 → 100 (-23.7%)	88 → 73 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$40,417 → $56,250 (+39.2%)	$46,875 → $67,917 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$121,400 → $203,100 (+67.3%)	$55,000 → $137,500 (+150.0%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $563 (-21.0%)	—

Newhalen

Population

131100

Median household income

$40,417$56,250

Median home value

$121,400$203,100

Median gross rent

$713$563

Port Heiden

Population

8873

Median household income

$46,875$67,917

Median home value

$55,000$137,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newhalen	Port Heiden
Under 5	3.0%	9.6%
5 to 17	32.0%	38.4%
18 to 24	13.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	21.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	6.0%	17.8%
45 to 54	10.0%	2.7%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	4.0%	5.5%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newhalen	Port Heiden
White (non-Hispanic)	8.0%	1.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	73.0%	84.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	15.0%	13.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newhalen	Port Heiden
No high school diploma	3.8%	28.9%
High school graduate	38.5%	55.3%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newhalen	Port Heiden
Drove alone	52.2%	73.7%
Carpooled	8.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	26.1%	15.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	13.0%	10.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newhalen	Port Heiden
1-unit, detached	92.5%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newhalen	Port Heiden
Poverty rate	6.1%	24.7%
Average household size	3.57	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	8	6
Median year structure built	1989	1990