Farmers Loop vs Goldstream

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

Farmers Loop and Goldstream 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 3,238 in Goldstream). Farmers Loop has the higher median household income ($103,635 vs $92,604 in Goldstream). Goldstream has the higher median home value ($289,600 vs $262,600 in Farmers Loop).

Population, income & housing

	Farmers Loop	Goldstream
Population	4,887	3,238
Median age	36.5 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$103,635	$92,604
Median home value	$262,600	$289,600
Median gross rent	$1,298	$768
Housing units	2,265	1,879
Homeownership rate	80.6%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	73.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmers Loop	Goldstream
Population	5,214 → 4,887 (-6.3%)	3,592 → 3,238 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$80,536 → $103,635 (+28.7%)	$81,750 → $92,604 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$273,800 → $262,600 (-4.1%)	$269,700 → $289,600 (+7.4%)
Median gross rent	$899 → $1,298 (+44.4%)	$691 → $768 (+11.1%)

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

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)

	Farmers Loop	Goldstream
Under 5	5.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	10.4%
25 to 34	18.0%	2.6%
35 to 44	15.1%	19.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	16.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.0%	16.6%
75 and over	5.6%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmers Loop	Goldstream
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	94.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	14.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmers Loop	Goldstream
No high school diploma	2.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	41.2%	10.4%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	35.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	37.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmers Loop	Goldstream
Drove alone	73.1%	59.4%
Carpooled	18.9%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	23.1%
Other means	0.6%	5.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmers Loop	Goldstream
1-unit, detached	67.5%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	5.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmers Loop	Goldstream
Poverty rate	1.3%	6.3%
Average household size	2.61	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	34	32
Median year structure built	1984	1988