At 0.5%, unemployment in Steele Creek is lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Steele Creek are A for jobs and income and D for walkability. 3.3% of residents are in poverty (Alaska 10.1%).
Census ACS 2020–24, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Steele Creek’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Steele Creek is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #1 of 41 in Alaska. Unemployment holds Steele Creek’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Steele Creek could be anywhere from A− to A.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Steele Creek
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Steele Creek workers work from home, vs 10% across Alaska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,753 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Alaska: 72% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Getting around Steele Creek: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Steele Creek is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns, #36 of 41 in Alaska. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 9.9% across Alaska, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,102 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.7% of Steele Creek households have no vehicle (Alaska 9.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Steele Creek’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Steele Creek is 573rd among 3,494 U.S. towns of 4,100 to 8,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 571 | Marrs Township IN | 5,388 | $104K | 7.3% | 0.6% | 4% | A |
| 572 | Atkinson NH | 7,397 | $146K | 1.8% | 5.6% | 5% | A |
| 573 | Steele Creek AK | 5,928 | $121K | 3.3% | 0.5% | — | A |
| 574 | Rolling Hills Estates CA | 7,948 | $192K | 3.2% | 7.5% | 3% | A |
| 575 | Brielle NJ | 4,959 | $172K | 1.3% | 6.6% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 843 | Farmers Loop AK | 4,954 | $110K | 1.8% | 2.8% | — | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,134 | Gateway AK | 6,845 | $138K | 4.5% | 3.8% | — | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,607 | Chena Ridge AK | 5,881 | $134K | 2.8% | 7.3% | — | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,494 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Steele Creek, the top three, the last and three more from Alaska.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Steele Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Steele Creek?
$121,364 (±$12,686) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $92,788 across Alaska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Steele Creek?
3.3%, against 10.1% across Alaska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Steele Creek?
28 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Alaska and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Is Steele Creek walkable?
Steele Creek is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Steele Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Steele Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Steele Creek
Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.