| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 907 |
| Timezone: | Alaska (GMT -09:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:11:16 PM |
| Population: | 2,528 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 02066 |
| Land Area: | 17,825 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 441 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 61.9877, -144.8244 |
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2,528 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 17,825 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 2,405 to 2,528 from 2014 to 2024 — a +5.1% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The borough's wealthiest ZIP 99588 (Glennallen, $110,136 median) and poorest ZIP 99573 (Copper Center, $78,558) are 61.8 miles apart — a 1.4× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.1× across this borough — from $290,600 in 99588 (Glennallen) to $309,600 in 99586 (Gakona).
Density varies 34× across the borough — from 0 people/sq mi in 99566 (Chitina) to 0 in 99588 (Glennallen).
Educational attainment ranges from 14.4% bachelor's+ in 99588 (Glennallen) to 31.3% in 99586 (Gakona) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Alaska, this is the #22 most populous of 30 boroughs and ranks #4 for median household income with the #8 fastest decade growth .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $95,113 across the borough — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
23.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (412 of 1,757 reporting).
3 Standard delivery, 1 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.