3.33% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Steele Creek, AK (196 out of 5.89k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 25 - 34, followed by Females 55 - 64 and then Males 15.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Steele Creek, AK is Asian, followed by White and Other.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.