Ester vs Steele Creek

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

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

Steele Creek has the higher population (5,861 vs 2,784 in Ester). Steele Creek has the higher median household income ($117,260 vs $67,640 in Ester). Steele Creek has the higher median home value ($331,200 vs $242,000 in Ester).

Population, income & housing

	Ester	Steele Creek
Population	2,784	5,861
Median age	36.9 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,640	$117,260
Median home value	$242,000	$331,200
Median gross rent	$1,232	$980
Housing units	1,483	2,600
Homeownership rate	51.8%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	46.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ester	Steele Creek
Population	1,622 → 2,784 (+71.6%)	7,704 → 5,861 (-23.9%)
Median household income	$65,664 → $67,640 (+3.0%)	$99,382 → $117,260 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$232,500 → $242,000 (+4.1%)	$269,100 → $331,200 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $1,232 (+84.4%)	$861 → $980 (+13.8%)

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

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)

	Ester	Steele Creek
Under 5	3.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	10.3%	16.4%
18 to 24	6.0%	13.1%
25 to 34	26.5%	5.8%
35 to 44	13.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	16.7%
55 to 64	16.2%	17.4%
65 to 74	12.0%	8.0%
75 and over	0.2%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ester	Steele Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	78.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	7.6%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	6.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	6.9%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ester	Steele Creek
No high school diploma	4.6%	4.5%
High school graduate	42.5%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	16.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ester	Steele Creek
Drove alone	85.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	0.7%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	13.0%
Other means	4.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ester	Steele Creek
1-unit, detached	80.0%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Ester	Steele Creek
Poverty rate	9.9%	0.6%
Average household size	1.95	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1995	1990