Badger vs Steele Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Badger and Steele Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Badger and Steele Creek 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 5,861 in Steele Creek). Steele Creek has the higher median household income ($117,260 vs $98,042 in Badger). Steele Creek has the higher median home value ($331,200 vs $291,600 in Badger).

Population, income & housing

	Badger	Steele Creek
Population	19,033	5,861
Median age	34.3 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$98,042	$117,260
Median home value	$291,600	$331,200
Median gross rent	$1,672	$980
Housing units	7,603	2,600
Homeownership rate	81.8%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	46.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Badger	Steele Creek
Population	18,911 → 19,033 (+0.6%)	7,704 → 5,861 (-23.9%)
Median household income	$81,111 → $98,042 (+20.9%)	$99,382 → $117,260 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$224,900 → $291,600 (+29.7%)	$269,100 → $331,200 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,309 → $1,672 (+27.7%)	$861 → $980 (+13.8%)

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

Steele Creek

Population

7,7045,861

Median household income

$99,382$117,260

Median home value

$269,100$331,200

Median gross rent

$861$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Badger	Steele Creek
Under 5	6.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	18.0%	16.4%
18 to 24	9.6%	13.1%
25 to 34	16.5%	5.8%
35 to 44	16.2%	15.4%
45 to 54	9.2%	16.7%
55 to 64	13.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	6.5%	8.0%
75 and over	4.7%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Badger	Steele Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	78.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.1%	7.6%
Asian	1.4%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.5%
Two or more races	8.5%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Badger	Steele Creek
No high school diploma	7.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	26.1%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.4%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Badger	Steele Creek
Drove alone	83.0%	76.8%
Carpooled	9.4%	7.0%
Public transit	0.4%	2.0%
Walked	0.1%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	13.0%
Other means	2.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Badger	Steele Creek
1-unit, detached	72.0%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Badger	Steele Creek
Poverty rate	3.9%	0.6%
Average household size	2.90	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1985	1990