What is the population of Ester CDP?

Ester CDP has 2,784 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #40 of 355 in Alaska.

What is the median household income in Ester CDP?

Median household income in Ester CDP is $67,640 a year, 13.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ester CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,232 a month and the median home value is $242,000, so rent absorbs about 21.9% of median household income.

Is Ester CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ester CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Ester, AK population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Ester, Alaska (Ester, AK — Census place “Ester CDP”) is 2,784 residents, ranking #40 of 355 places in Alaska. Median household income is $67,640, the median home is worth $242,000 and median gross rent runs $1,232 a month. Looking for the Ester Alaska ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Ester, AK: 99709, 99725.

Population: 2,784Ester CDP residents
Median household income: $67,640Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $242,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,232Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 51.8%Owner-occupied households

Ester ZIP codes (Alaska)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Ester.

The Ester AK ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Ester CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Ester CDP median would spend about 21.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9.9% of residents and 51.8% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Ester CDP, AK in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Ester CDP is a small town in Alaska, with 2,784 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #40 of 355 ranked by population — larger than 88% of them. The median age here is 36.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Ester CDP earn a median of $67,640 a year, 13.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 17% below the $81,250 median for the 73 Alaska cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 9.9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Ester CDP is valued at $242,000, 20.2% below the national figure and 21% below the $305,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,232 a month, 12.4% below the national figure, or roughly $14,784 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 51.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Ester CDP?: Ester CDP has 2,784 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #40 of 355 in Alaska.
What is the median household income in Ester CDP?: Median household income in Ester CDP is $67,640 a year, 13.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Ester CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,232 a month and the median home value is $242,000, so rent absorbs about 21.9% of median household income.
Is Ester CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Ester CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Ester CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.