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Seward city, Alaska: commercial real estate data.
Seward city is a Census city of 2,794 people across 13.96 square miles of land, in Kenai Peninsula Borough. Median household income is $85,481, 68.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.0 m.
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Seward
What Seward is
- Census place typecity
- Land area13.96 sq mi
- Water area7.93 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land200
- County holding the largest share of its areaKenai Peninsula Borough, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Seward
How many people live in Seward
- Population2,794
- Median age37.7 plus or minus 8.5
- Population under 18645 plus or minus 226
- Share under 1823.1 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Population 65 and over419 plus or minus 166
- Share 65 and over15.0 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Households925
- Family households558
- Share of households that are families60.3 percent plus or minus 15.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Seward
Income and work in Seward
- Median household income$85,481 plus or minus $29,246
- Per capita income$34,368
- Civilian labor force1,088
- Employed1,063
- Unemployed25 plus or minus 30
- Unemployment rate2.3 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Adults 25 and over2,055
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher43.0 percent plus or minus 13.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree16.6 percent plus or minus 9.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Seward
Housing in Seward
- Housing units1,195
- Occupied units925
- Vacant units270 plus or minus 105
- Vacancy rate22.6 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Owner occupied634 plus or minus 130
- Renter occupied291 plus or minus 150
- Ownership rate68.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$338,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,132
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.9 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Single family units887
- Share single family74.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more308 plus or minus 156
- Share in buildings of two or more25.8 percent plus or minus 12.1
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1982
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Seward
How Seward gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute980
- Commuting under 15 minutes754 plus or minus 240
- Share commuting under 15 minutes76.9 percent plus or minus 21.0
- Commuting 30 minutes or more114 plus or minus 96
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more11.6 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Drove alone57.8 percent plus or minus 15.0
- Carpooled7.4 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked19.0 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Worked from home7.6 percent plus or minus 7.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Seward
SBA loans in Seward (7(a))
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$1,983,600
- Average approval$220,400
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$720,000
- Largest approval$720,000
- Jobs supported61
- Jobs per approval6.8
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more22.2 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Seward
SBA loans in Seward (504)
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$3,751,000
- Average approval$625,167
- Median approval$746,000
- Largest approval$1,601,000
- Jobs supported26
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Kenai Peninsula Borough, not Seward
Kenai Peninsula Borough context, not Seward figures
These are Kenai Peninsula Borough figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Seward measurements.
- Establishments in Kenai Peninsula Borough2,405
- Employment at those establishments, Kenai Peninsula Borough15,786
- Covered employment, Kenai Peninsula Borough21,474
- Average annual pay, Kenai Peninsula Borough$62,398
- Average weekly wage, Kenai Peninsula Borough$1,200
- Housing units permitted, Kenai Peninsula Borough152
- Of those, single family, Kenai Peninsula Borough104
- County product, 2024, Kenai Peninsula Borough$3,590,303,000
- County product change over the prior year, Kenai Peninsula Borough3.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Kenai Peninsula Borough$79,213
Every figure in this section is published for Kenai Peninsula Borough as a whole and is not a measurement of Seward. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Seward questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Seward, Alaska?
2,794, in 925 households. Seward city covers 13.96 square miles of land, which is 200 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Seward in?
Kenai Peninsula Borough, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Seward?
$85,481. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $338,100. Median gross rent is $1,132 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Seward businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totalling $2.0 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 6 504 approvals worth $3.8 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Seward, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Seward borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Seward. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Seward figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kenai Peninsula Borough as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Seward.
Is zoning published for Seward?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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