Perryville vs Port Heiden

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

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

Perryville has the higher population (95 vs 73 in Port Heiden). Port Heiden has the higher median household income ($67,917 vs $44,167 in Perryville). Port Heiden has the higher median home value ($137,500 vs $93,300 in Perryville).

Population, income & housing

	Perryville	Port Heiden
Population	95	73
Median age	17.6 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,167	$67,917
Median home value	$93,300	$137,500
Median gross rent	$1,063	—
Housing units	54	46
Homeownership rate	50.0%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perryville	Port Heiden
Population	97 → 95 (-2.1%)	88 → 73 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$30,625 → $44,167 (+44.2%)	$46,875 → $67,917 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $93,300 (+12.4%)	$55,000 → $137,500 (+150.0%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $1,063 (+51.9%)	—

Perryville

Population

9795

Median household income

$30,625$44,167

Median home value

$83,000$93,300

Median gross rent

$700$1,063

Port Heiden

Population

8873

Median household income

$46,875$67,917

Median home value

$55,000$137,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perryville	Port Heiden
Under 5	18.9%	9.6%
5 to 17	33.7%	38.4%
18 to 24	3.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	21.1%	17.8%
45 to 54	3.2%	2.7%
55 to 64	6.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	2.1%	5.5%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perryville	Port Heiden
White (non-Hispanic)	2.1%	1.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	86.3%	84.9%
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%	13.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perryville	Port Heiden
No high school diploma	0.0%	28.9%
High school graduate	66.7%	55.3%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perryville	Port Heiden
Drove alone	52.9%	73.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	15.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	0.0%
Other means	35.3%	10.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perryville	Port Heiden
1-unit, detached	87.0%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	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

	Perryville	Port Heiden
Poverty rate	24.2%	24.7%
Average household size	3.39	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	23	6
Median year structure built	1993	1990