| ZIP Codes: | 2 ZIP Codes (0 Standard, 2 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 907 |
| Timezone: | Alaska (GMT -09:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:11:18 PM |
| Population: | 2,088 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 02275 |
| Land Area: | 2,372 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 335 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 56.2855, -131.8266 |
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2,088 residents live across 2 ZIPs covering 2,372 sq mi, served by 2 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 2,383 to 2,088 from 2014 to 2024 — a -12.4% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The borough's wealthiest ZIP 99929 (Wrangell, $64,375 median) and poorest ZIP 99929 (Wrangell, $64,375) are 0.0 miles apart — a 1.0× income gap across local geography.
Within Alaska, this is the #25 most populous of 30 boroughs and ranks #20 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $64,375 across the borough — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
21.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (331 of 1,548 reporting).
0 Standard delivery, 2 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.
One ZIP holds the majority of this borough's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.
Wrangell Borough lost 12.4% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: