Big Lake vs Farm Loop

A side-by-side comparison of Big Lake and Farm Loop: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Lake and Farm Loop are places in Alaska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Big Lake has the higher population (3,291 vs 2,940 in Farm Loop). Farm Loop has the higher median household income ($110,332 vs $76,292 in Big Lake). Farm Loop has the higher median home value ($393,300 vs $286,600 in Big Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Big Lake	Farm Loop
Population	3,291	2,940
Median age	36.9 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$76,292	$110,332
Median home value	$286,600	$393,300
Median gross rent	$1,165	$1,670
Housing units	2,762	1,091
Homeownership rate	77.8%	86.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	37.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Lake	Farm Loop
Population	2,678 → 3,291 (+22.9%)	1,170 → 2,940 (+151.3%)
Median household income	$54,324 → $76,292 (+40.4%)	$89,000 → $110,332 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$207,000 → $286,600 (+38.5%)	$263,000 → $393,300 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$976 → $1,165 (+19.4%)	$975 → $1,670 (+71.3%)

Big Lake

Population

2,6783,291

Median household income

$54,324$76,292

Median home value

$207,000$286,600

Median gross rent

$976$1,165

Farm Loop

Population

1,1702,940

Median household income

$89,000$110,332

Median home value

$263,000$393,300

Median gross rent

$975$1,670

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Lake	Farm Loop
Under 5	5.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.0%	18.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.7%
25 to 34	16.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	18.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	16.8%	12.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	10.6%
75 and over	3.9%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Lake	Farm Loop
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	82.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	1.8%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.1%	10.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Lake	Farm Loop
No high school diploma	3.7%	2.9%
High school graduate	47.3%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Lake	Farm Loop
Drove alone	63.8%	73.1%
Carpooled	6.5%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	25.2%	12.2%
Other means	3.4%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Lake	Farm Loop
1-unit, detached	87.6%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Big Lake	Farm Loop
Poverty rate	12.6%	6.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	40	30
Median year structure built	1992	2000