Eielson AFB vs Farmers Loop

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

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

Farmers Loop has the higher population (4,887 vs 3,133 in Eielson AFB). Farmers Loop has the higher median household income ($103,635 vs $59,716 in Eielson AFB). Since 2019, Eielson AFB's population has grown faster (-3.0% vs -6.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Eielson AFB	Farmers Loop
Population	3,133	4,887
Median age	21.9 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,716	$103,635
Median home value	—	$262,600
Median gross rent	$2,021	$1,298
Housing units	881	2,265
Homeownership rate	0.0%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	12.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eielson AFB	Farmers Loop
Population	3,229 → 3,133 (-3.0%)	5,214 → 4,887 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$68,583 → $59,716 (-12.9%)	$80,536 → $103,635 (+28.7%)
Median home value	—	$273,800 → $262,600 (-4.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,042 → $2,021 (-1.0%)	$899 → $1,298 (+44.4%)

Eielson AFB

Population

3,2293,133

Median household income

$68,583$59,716

Median gross rent

$2,042$2,021

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)

	Eielson AFB	Farmers Loop
Under 5	12.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	27.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	19.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	26.5%	18.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.1%
45 to 54	0.8%	11.6%
55 to 64	0.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.0%
75 and over	0.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eielson AFB	Farmers Loop
White (non-Hispanic)	65.5%	70.4%
Black or African American	5.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	14.1%
Asian	1.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	13.2%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eielson AFB	Farmers Loop
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.5%
High school graduate	15.9%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	49.9%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eielson AFB	Farmers Loop
Drove alone	77.1%	73.1%
Carpooled	8.1%	18.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	2.5%	5.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eielson AFB	Farmers Loop
1-unit, detached	2.5%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	63.1%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	29.1%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	5.1%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Eielson AFB	Farmers Loop
Poverty rate	1.8%	1.3%
Average household size	3.50	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	9	34
Median year structure built	1999	1984