| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (1 Standard, 3 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 907 |
| Timezone: | Alaska (GMT -09:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:11:16 PM |
| Population: | 6,862 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 02063 |
| Land Area: | 5,167 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 1,500 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 60.8792, -146.6765 |
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6,862 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 5,167 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 7,049 to 6,862 from 2014 to 2024 — a -2.7% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The borough's wealthiest ZIP 99686 (Valdez, $99,349 median) and poorest ZIP 99693 (Whittier, $59,688) are 88.3 miles apart — a 1.7× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 5.0× across this borough — from $83,800 in 99693 (Whittier) to $418,400 in 99574 (Cordova).
Density varies 9× across the borough — from 1 people/sq mi in 99574 (Cordova) to 10 in 99693 (Whittier).
Educational attainment ranges from 31.0% bachelor's+ in 99574 (Cordova) to 31.9% in 99686 (Valdez) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Alaska, this is the #15 most populous of 30 boroughs and ranks #16 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $91,438 across the borough — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
31.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,511 of 4,811 reporting).
1 Standard delivery, 3 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this borough.
A frontier borough — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.