Ester vs Goldstream

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

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

Goldstream has the higher population (3,238 vs 2,784 in Ester). Goldstream has the higher median household income ($92,604 vs $67,640 in Ester). Goldstream has the higher median home value ($289,600 vs $242,000 in Ester).

Population, income & housing

	Ester	Goldstream
Population	2,784	3,238
Median age	36.9 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,640	$92,604
Median home value	$242,000	$289,600
Median gross rent	$1,232	$768
Housing units	1,483	1,879
Homeownership rate	51.8%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	73.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ester	Goldstream
Population	1,622 → 2,784 (+71.6%)	3,592 → 3,238 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$65,664 → $67,640 (+3.0%)	$81,750 → $92,604 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$232,500 → $242,000 (+4.1%)	$269,700 → $289,600 (+7.4%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $1,232 (+84.4%)	$691 → $768 (+11.1%)

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

Goldstream

Population

3,5923,238

Median household income

$81,750$92,604

Median home value

$269,700$289,600

Median gross rent

$691$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ester	Goldstream
Under 5	3.1%	3.2%
5 to 17	10.3%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	10.4%
25 to 34	26.5%	2.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	19.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	16.7%
55 to 64	16.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.0%	16.6%
75 and over	0.2%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ester	Goldstream
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	94.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	6.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ester	Goldstream
No high school diploma	4.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.5%	10.4%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	37.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ester	Goldstream
Drove alone	85.1%	59.4%
Carpooled	0.7%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	23.1%
Other means	4.5%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ester	Goldstream
1-unit, detached	80.0%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ester	Goldstream
Poverty rate	9.9%	6.3%
Average household size	1.95	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	32
Median year structure built	1995	1988