Pilot Point vs Port Heiden

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

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

Port Heiden has the higher population (73 vs 54 in Pilot Point). Pilot Point has the higher median household income ($98,125 vs $67,917 in Port Heiden). Since 2019, Port Heiden's population has grown faster (-17.0% vs -46.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Pilot Point	Port Heiden
Population	54	73
Median age	35.0 yrs	29.5 yrs
Median household income	$98,125	$67,917
Median home value	—	$137,500
Median gross rent	$1,000	—
Housing units	68	46
Homeownership rate	71.4%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pilot Point	Port Heiden
Population	101 → 54 (-46.5%)	88 → 73 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $98,125 (+124.3%)	$46,875 → $67,917 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$88,300 → $137,500 (+55.7%)	$55,000 → $137,500 (+150.0%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $1,000 (+31.1%)	—

Pilot Point

Population

10154

Median household income

$43,750$98,125

Median home value

$88,300$137,500

Median gross rent

$763$1,000

Port Heiden

Population

8873

Median household income

$46,875$67,917

Median home value

$55,000$137,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pilot Point	Port Heiden
Under 5	11.1%	9.6%
5 to 17	25.9%	38.4%
18 to 24	3.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	17.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	2.7%
55 to 64	7.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	18.5%	5.5%
75 and over	3.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pilot Point	Port Heiden
White (non-Hispanic)	7.4%	1.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	72.2%	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	20.4%	13.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pilot Point	Port Heiden
No high school diploma	21.9%	28.9%
High school graduate	50.0%	55.3%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pilot Point	Port Heiden
Drove alone	29.6%	73.7%
Carpooled	40.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	18.5%	15.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	0.0%
Other means	3.7%	10.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pilot Point	Port Heiden
1-unit, detached	89.7%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pilot Point	Port Heiden
Poverty rate	35.2%	24.7%
Average household size	2.57	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	5	6
Median year structure built	1985	1990