Farmers Loop vs Steele Creek

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

Farmers Loop 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 4,887 in Farmers Loop). Steele Creek has the higher median household income ($117,260 vs $103,635 in Farmers Loop). Steele Creek has the higher median home value ($331,200 vs $262,600 in Farmers Loop).

Population, income & housing

	Farmers Loop	Steele Creek
Population	4,887	5,861
Median age	36.5 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$103,635	$117,260
Median home value	$262,600	$331,200
Median gross rent	$1,298	$980
Housing units	2,265	2,600
Homeownership rate	80.6%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	46.3%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmers Loop	Steele Creek
Population	5,214 → 4,887 (-6.3%)	7,704 → 5,861 (-23.9%)
Median household income	$80,536 → $103,635 (+28.7%)	$99,382 → $117,260 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$273,800 → $262,600 (-4.1%)	$269,100 → $331,200 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$899 → $1,298 (+44.4%)	$861 → $980 (+13.8%)

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

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)

	Farmers Loop	Steele Creek
Under 5	5.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	13.1%
25 to 34	18.0%	5.8%
35 to 44	15.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	16.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	17.4%
65 to 74	6.0%	8.0%
75 and over	5.6%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmers Loop	Steele Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	70.4%	78.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	14.1%	7.6%
Asian	0.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.5%
Two or more races	7.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmers Loop	Steele Creek
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.5%
High school graduate	41.2%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	19.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmers Loop	Steele Creek
Drove alone	73.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	18.9%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	13.0%
Other means	0.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmers Loop	Steele Creek
1-unit, detached	67.5%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Farmers Loop	Steele Creek
Poverty rate	1.3%	0.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1984	1990