| ZIP Codes: | 16 ZIP Codes (8 Standard, 7 PO Box, 1 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 907 |
| Timezone: | Alaska (GMT -09:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:11:16 PM |
| Population: | 95,826 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 02090 |
| CBSA: | Fairbanks-College, AK |
| Land Area: | 5,975 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 81 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 64.8007, -147.3052 |
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95,826 residents live across 16 ZIPs covering 5,975 sq mi, served by 7 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 99,372 to 95,378 from 2014 to 2024 — a -4.0% change. 5 ZIPs gained residents, 5 lost.
The borough's wealthiest ZIP 99712 (Fairbanks, $112,808 median) and poorest ZIP 99702 (Eielson Afb, $68,640) are 40.8 miles apart — a 1.6× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.3× across this borough — from $252,600 in 99701 (Fairbanks) to $320,100 in 99712 (Fairbanks).
Density varies 597× across the borough — from 2 people/sq mi in 99714 (Salcha) to 1,479 in 99775 (Fairbanks).
Educational attainment ranges from 22.3% bachelor's+ in 99701 (Fairbanks) to 43.3% in 99709 (Fairbanks) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Alaska, this is the #3 most populous of 30 boroughs and ranks #12 for median household income .
Hosts 1 single-entity Unique ZIP: 99775Univ Of Ak .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $87,785 across the borough — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
33.0% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (20,384 of 61,863 reporting). The most-educated ZIPs cluster around Fairbanks.
8 Standard delivery, 7 PO Box only, 1 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.
| ZIP | City | Type | Population | Median Income | Area (sq mi) | 10-yr Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99709 | Fairbanks | Standard | 29,551 | $86,294 | 522.2 | -6.7% |
| 99705 | North Pole | Standard | 21,769 | $96,964 | 195.3 | -10.5% |
| 99701 | Fairbanks | Standard | 18,061 | $75,668 | 18.4 | -2.8% |
| 99712 | Fairbanks | Standard | 12,477 | $112,808 | 4,291.0 | 2.8% |
| 99703 | Fort Wainwright | Standard | 8,304 | $68,667 | 8.4 | 7.0% |
| 99702 | Eielson Afb | Standard | 3,260 | $68,640 | 21.9 | 23.2% |
| 99714 | Salcha | Standard | 1,106 | $88,258 | 446.3 | 2.0% |
| 99775 | Fairbanks | Unique | 826 | $71,959 | 0.6 | -29.9% |
| 99725 | Ester | PO Box | 448 | $53,364 | 0.1 | — |
| 99706 | Fairbanks | PO Box | 24 | — | 75.0 | — |
| 99707 | Fairbanks | PO Box | 0 | — | 0.0 | — |
| 99790 | Fairbanks | Standard | 0 | — | 395.7 | -100.0% |
| 99716 | Two Rivers | PO Box | — | — | 0.0 | — |
| 99710 | Fairbanks | PO Box | — | — | 0.0 | — |
| 99708 | Fairbanks | PO Box | — | — | 0.0 | — |
| 99711 | Fairbanks | PO Box | — | — | 0.0 | — |