Badger vs Farmers Loop

A side-by-side comparison of Badger and Farmers Loop: population, income, housing, and more.

Badger and Farmers Loop are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Badger has the higher population (19,033 vs 4,887 in Farmers Loop). Farmers Loop has the higher median household income ($103,635 vs $98,042 in Badger). Badger has the higher median home value ($291,600 vs $262,600 in Farmers Loop).

Population, income & housing

	Badger	Farmers Loop
Population	19,033	4,887
Median age	34.3 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$98,042	$103,635
Median home value	$291,600	$262,600
Median gross rent	$1,672	$1,298
Housing units	7,603	2,265
Homeownership rate	81.8%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Badger	Farmers Loop
Population	18,911 → 19,033 (+0.6%)	5,214 → 4,887 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$81,111 → $98,042 (+20.9%)	$80,536 → $103,635 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$224,900 → $291,600 (+29.7%)	$273,800 → $262,600 (-4.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,309 → $1,672 (+27.7%)	$899 → $1,298 (+44.4%)

Badger

Population

18,91119,033

Median household income

$81,111$98,042

Median home value

$224,900$291,600

Median gross rent

$1,309$1,672

Farmers Loop

Population

5,2144,887

Median household income

$80,536$103,635

Median home value

$273,800$262,600

Median gross rent

$899$1,298

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Badger	Farmers Loop
Under 5	6.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	9.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	16.5%	18.0%
35 to 44	16.2%	15.1%
45 to 54	9.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	6.5%	6.0%
75 and over	4.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Badger	Farmers Loop
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	70.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.1%	14.1%
Asian	1.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	1.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.5%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Badger	Farmers Loop
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.5%
High school graduate	26.1%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Badger	Farmers Loop
Drove alone	83.0%	73.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	18.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.8%	5.3%
Other means	2.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Badger	Farmers Loop
1-unit, detached	72.0%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Badger	Farmers Loop
Poverty rate	3.9%	1.3%
Average household size	2.90	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1985	1984