Perryville vs Port Alsworth

A side-by-side comparison of Perryville and Port Alsworth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Alsworth has the higher population (174 vs 95 in Perryville). Port Alsworth has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $44,167 in Perryville). Port Alsworth has the higher median home value ($450,000 vs $93,300 in Perryville).

Population, income & housing

	Perryville	Port Alsworth
Population	95	174
Median age	17.6 yrs	33.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,167	$66,250
Median home value	$93,300	$450,000
Median gross rent	$1,063	—
Housing units	54	79
Homeownership rate	50.0%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perryville	Port Alsworth
Population	97 → 95 (-2.1%)	134 → 174 (+29.9%)
Median household income	$30,625 → $44,167 (+44.2%)	$87,500 → $66,250 (-24.3%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $93,300 (+12.4%)	$625,000 → $450,000 (-28.0%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $1,063 (+51.9%)	$850 → $875 (+2.9%)

Perryville

Population

9795

Median household income

$30,625$44,167

Median home value

$83,000$93,300

Median gross rent

$700$1,063

Port Alsworth

Population

134174

Median household income

$87,500$66,250

Median home value

$625,000$450,000

Median gross rent

$850$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perryville	Port Alsworth
Under 5	18.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	33.7%	9.2%
18 to 24	3.2%	17.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	55.2%
35 to 44	21.1%	6.9%
45 to 54	3.2%	0.6%
55 to 64	6.3%	4.0%
65 to 74	2.1%	2.3%
75 and over	0.0%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perryville	Port Alsworth
White (non-Hispanic)	2.1%	19.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	86.3%	9.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.6%	54.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perryville	Port Alsworth
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.4%
High school graduate	66.7%	74.8%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	9.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perryville	Port Alsworth
Drove alone	52.9%	72.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	25.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	1.6%
Other means	35.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perryville	Port Alsworth
1-unit, detached	87.0%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	11.4%
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

	Perryville	Port Alsworth
Poverty rate	24.2%	5.7%
Average household size	3.39	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	23	13
Median year structure built	1993	1990