Ester vs Farmers Loop

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

Ester 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 2,784 in Ester). Farmers Loop has the higher median household income ($103,635 vs $67,640 in Ester). Farmers Loop has the higher median home value ($262,600 vs $242,000 in Ester).

Population, income & housing

	Ester	Farmers Loop
Population	2,784	4,887
Median age	36.9 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,640	$103,635
Median home value	$242,000	$262,600
Median gross rent	$1,232	$1,298
Housing units	1,483	2,265
Homeownership rate	51.8%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ester	Farmers Loop
Population	1,622 → 2,784 (+71.6%)	5,214 → 4,887 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$65,664 → $67,640 (+3.0%)	$80,536 → $103,635 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$232,500 → $242,000 (+4.1%)	$273,800 → $262,600 (-4.1%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $1,232 (+84.4%)	$899 → $1,298 (+44.4%)

Ester

Population

1,6222,784

Median household income

$65,664$67,640

Median home value

$232,500$242,000

Median gross rent

$668$1,232

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)

	Ester	Farmers Loop
Under 5	3.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	10.3%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	26.5%	18.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.0%	6.0%
75 and over	0.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ester	Farmers Loop
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	70.4%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	14.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	6.9%	1.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.9%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ester	Farmers Loop
No high school diploma	4.6%	2.5%
High school graduate	42.5%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ester	Farmers Loop
Drove alone	85.1%	73.1%
Carpooled	0.7%	18.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	8.4%	5.3%
Other means	4.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ester	Farmers Loop
1-unit, detached	80.0%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Ester	Farmers Loop
Poverty rate	9.9%	1.3%
Average household size	1.95	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1995	1984