Fairbanks vs Steele Creek

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

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

Fairbanks has the higher population (32,242 vs 5,861 in Steele Creek). Steele Creek has the higher median household income ($117,260 vs $72,077 in Fairbanks). Steele Creek has the higher median home value ($331,200 vs $255,700 in Fairbanks).

Population, income & housing

	Fairbanks	Steele Creek
Population	32,242	5,861
Median age	28.6 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,077	$117,260
Median home value	$255,700	$331,200
Median gross rent	$1,470	$980
Housing units	13,924	2,600
Homeownership rate	40.5%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	46.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairbanks	Steele Creek
Population	31,551 → 32,242 (+2.2%)	7,704 → 5,861 (-23.9%)
Median household income	$62,602 → $72,077 (+15.1%)	$99,382 → $117,260 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$211,500 → $255,700 (+20.9%)	$269,100 → $331,200 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,388 → $1,470 (+5.9%)	$861 → $980 (+13.8%)

Fairbanks

Population

31,55132,242

Median household income

$62,602$72,077

Median home value

$211,500$255,700

Median gross rent

$1,388$1,470

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)

	Fairbanks	Steele Creek
Under 5	8.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.4%
18 to 24	16.0%	13.1%
25 to 34	20.9%	5.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	15.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	16.7%
55 to 64	7.1%	17.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.0%
75 and over	3.7%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairbanks	Steele Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	57.4%	78.1%
Black or African American	7.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.5%	7.6%
Asian	4.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	11.4%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairbanks	Steele Creek
No high school diploma	6.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	29.4%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairbanks	Steele Creek
Drove alone	66.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	15.4%	7.0%
Public transit	1.3%	2.0%
Walked	9.3%	0.1%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	13.0%
Other means	1.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairbanks	Steele Creek
1-unit, detached	33.2%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	20.5%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	2.4%
20 or more units	14.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairbanks	Steele Creek
Poverty rate	9.6%	0.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	14	25
Median year structure built	1979	1990