College vs Farmers Loop

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

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

College has the higher population (11,730 vs 4,887 in Farmers Loop). Farmers Loop has the higher median household income ($103,635 vs $76,831 in College). College has the higher median home value ($279,100 vs $262,600 in Farmers Loop).

Population, income & housing

	College	Farmers Loop
Population	11,730	4,887
Median age	32.9 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,831	$103,635
Median home value	$279,100	$262,600
Median gross rent	$1,405	$1,298
Housing units	5,186	2,265
Homeownership rate	62.6%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.7%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	College	Farmers Loop
Population	12,791 → 11,730 (-8.3%)	5,214 → 4,887 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$80,561 → $76,831 (-4.6%)	$80,536 → $103,635 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$244,700 → $279,100 (+14.1%)	$273,800 → $262,600 (-4.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,304 → $1,405 (+7.7%)	$899 → $1,298 (+44.4%)

College

Population

12,79111,730

Median household income

$80,561$76,831

Median home value

$244,700$279,100

Median gross rent

$1,304$1,405

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)

	College	Farmers Loop
Under 5	8.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.3%	18.5%
18 to 24	13.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	18.1%	18.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.1%
45 to 54	8.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	8.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	13.2%	6.0%
75 and over	4.9%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	College	Farmers Loop
White (non-Hispanic)	60.1%	70.4%
Black or African American	3.9%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.0%	14.1%
Asian	6.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.1%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	13.5%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	College	Farmers Loop
No high school diploma	4.6%	2.5%
High school graduate	16.5%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.5%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	College	Farmers Loop
Drove alone	68.2%	73.1%
Carpooled	11.1%	18.9%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	12.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.3%
Other means	0.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	College	Farmers Loop
1-unit, detached	55.9%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	5.1%
20 or more units	4.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	College	Farmers Loop
Poverty rate	6.1%	1.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	16	34
Median year structure built	1980	1984