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Ester CDP, Alaska: commercial real estate data.
Ester CDP is a Census CDP of 2,752 people across 64.24 square miles of land, in Fairbanks North Star Borough. Median household income is $53,272, 55.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Ester
What Ester is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area64.24 sq mi
- Water area0.07 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land43 plus or minus 14
- County holding the largest share of its areaFairbanks North Star Borough, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Ester
- Population2,752 plus or minus 885
- Median age38.0 plus or minus 11.6
- Population under 18361 plus or minus 307
- Share under 1813.1 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Population 65 and over359 plus or minus 242
- Share 65 and over13.0 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Households1,386 plus or minus 372
- Family households559 plus or minus 257
- Share of households that are families40.3 percent plus or minus 15.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Ester
- Median household income$53,272 plus or minus $34,700
- Per capita income$41,460 plus or minus $8,667
- Civilian labor force1,355 plus or minus 458
- Employed1,281 plus or minus 430
- Unemployed74 plus or minus 100
- Unemployment rate5.5 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Adults 25 and over2,192 plus or minus 585
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.2 percent plus or minus 36.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher50.5 percent plus or minus 15.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree21.1 percent plus or minus 13.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Ester
- Housing units1,556 plus or minus 386
- Occupied units1,386 plus or minus 372
- Vacant units170 plus or minus 137
- Vacancy rate10.9 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Owner occupied771 plus or minus 335
- Renter occupied615 plus or minus 289
- Ownership rate55.6 percent plus or minus 19.0
- Median owner-occupied home value$255,400 plus or minus $84,790
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,208 plus or minus $365
- Annual rent as a share of median income27.2 percent plus or minus 19.5
- Single family units1,365 plus or minus 394
- Share single family87.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more126 plus or minus 119
- Share in buildings of two or more8.1 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Mobile homes65 plus or minus 98
- Median year structure built1993
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Ester gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,160 plus or minus 378
- Commuting under 15 minutes493 plus or minus 239
- Share commuting under 15 minutes42.5 percent plus or minus 15.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more263 plus or minus 183
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more22.7 percent plus or minus 14.0
- Drove alone83.5 percent
- Carpooled1.6 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.1 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Worked from home9.7 percent plus or minus 10.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fairbanks North Star Borough, not Ester
Fairbanks North Star Borough context, not Ester figures
These are Fairbanks North Star Borough figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Ester measurements.
- Establishments in Fairbanks North Star Borough2,576
- Employment at those establishments, Fairbanks North Star Borough26,009
- Covered employment, Fairbanks North Star Borough37,015
- Average annual pay, Fairbanks North Star Borough$69,700
- Average weekly wage, Fairbanks North Star Borough$1,340
- Housing units permitted, Fairbanks North Star Borough18
- Of those, single family, Fairbanks North Star Borough6
- County product, 2024, Fairbanks North Star Borough$7,891,256,000
- County product change over the prior year, Fairbanks North Star Borough9.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Fairbanks North Star Borough$58,653
Every figure in this section is published for Fairbanks North Star Borough as a whole and is not a measurement of Ester. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Ester questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Ester, Alaska?
2,752, in 1,386 households. Ester CDP covers 64.24 square miles of land, which is 43 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Ester in?
Fairbanks North Star Borough, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Ester?
$53,272. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $255,400. Median gross rent is $1,208 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Ester figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Fairbanks North Star Borough as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Ester.
Is zoning published for Ester?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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