What is the population of Steele Creek CDP?

Steele Creek CDP has 5,861 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #21 of 355 in Alaska.

What is the median household income in Steele Creek CDP?

Median household income in Steele Creek CDP is $117,260 a year, 49.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $980 a month and the median home value is $331,200, so rent absorbs about 10% of median household income.

Is Steele Creek CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Steele Creek CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 10% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Steele Creek, AK population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Steele Creek, Alaska (Steele Creek, AK — Census place “Steele Creek CDP”) is 5,861 residents, ranking #21 of 355 places in Alaska. Median household income is $117,260, the median home is worth $331,200 and median gross rent runs $980 a month. Looking for the Steele Creek Alaska ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Steele Creek, AK: 99712.

Population: 5,861Steele Creek CDP residents
Median household income: $117,260Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $331,200Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $980Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 87.9%Owner-occupied households

Steele Creek ZIP codes (Alaska)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Steele Creek.

The Steele Creek AK ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

99712

What the numbers mean in Steele Creek CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Steele Creek CDP median would spend about 10% 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 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 0.6% of residents and 87.9% of households own their home.

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

Steele Creek CDP, AK in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Steele Creek CDP is a mid-size town in Alaska, with 5,861 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #21 of 355 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 41.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Steele Creek CDP earn a median of $117,260 a year, 49.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 44% above the $81,250 median for the 73 Alaska cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 0.6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Steele Creek CDP is valued at $331,200, 9.2% above the national figure and 9% above the $305,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $980 a month, 30.3% below the national figure, or roughly $11,760 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 10% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 87.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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

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What is the population of Steele Creek CDP?: Steele Creek CDP has 5,861 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #21 of 355 in Alaska.
What is the median household income in Steele Creek CDP?: Median household income in Steele Creek CDP is $117,260 a year, 49.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Steele Creek CDP?: Median gross rent is $980 a month and the median home value is $331,200, so rent absorbs about 10% of median household income.
Is Steele Creek CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Steele Creek CDP is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 10% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Steele Creek CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.