| ZIP Codes: | 31 ZIP Codes (19 Standard, 12 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 907 |
| Timezone: | Alaska (GMT -09:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:11:16 PM |
| Population: | 290,303 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 02020 |
| CBSA: | Anchorage, AK |
| Land Area: | 15,598 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 293 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 61.5571, -150.0158 |
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290,303 residents live across 31 ZIPs covering 15,598 sq mi, served by 6 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 299,140 to 290,303 from 2014 to 2024 — a -3.0% change. 6 ZIPs gained residents, 11 lost (and 2 held flat).
The borough's wealthiest ZIP 99516 (Anchorage, $173,984 median) and poorest ZIP 99501 (Anchorage, $70,891) are 11.4 miles apart — a 2.5× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.0× across this borough — from $314,000 in 99504 (Anchorage) to $630,200 in 99587 (Girdwood).
Density varies 63880× across the borough — from 0 people/sq mi in 99519 (Anchorage) to 6,055 in 99504 (Anchorage).
Most of the decade's growth concentrated around Anchorage — top growth ZIPs averaged +12.3% over the past ten years ( 99519 , 99502 and 99508 ).
Educational attainment ranges from 23.4% bachelor's+ in 99519 (Anchorage) to 58.3% in 99516 (Anchorage) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Alaska, this is the #1 most populous of 30 boroughs and ranks #2 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $106,392 across the borough — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
38.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (74,851 of 194,175 reporting).
19 Standard delivery, 12 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.
| ZIP | City | Type | Population | Median Income | Area (sq mi) | 10-yr Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99504 | Anchorage | Standard | 42,093 | $86,710 | 7.0 | 1.8% |
| 99507 | Anchorage | Standard | 37,301 | $107,992 | 54.6 | -5.7% |
| 99508 | Anchorage | Standard | 36,458 | $79,314 | 8.6 | 3.8% |
| 99577 | Eagle River | Standard | 28,477 | $136,900 | 351.0 | 1.9% |
| 99502 | Anchorage | Standard | 25,006 | $116,071 | 18.0 | 4.1% |
| 99515 | Anchorage | Standard | 21,870 | $113,995 | 10.8 | -2.9% |
| 99516 | Anchorage | Standard | 21,500 | $173,984 | 70.4 | -0.8% |
| 99517 | Anchorage | Standard | 16,486 | $103,880 | 3.5 | -1.9% |
| 99501 | Anchorage | Standard | 16,175 | $70,891 | 5.4 | -4.7% |
| 99503 | Anchorage | Standard | 12,964 | $76,144 | 3.4 | -11.6% |
| 99518 | Anchorage | Standard | 9,764 | $93,995 | 3.8 | -5.4% |
| 99506 | Jber | Standard | 7,028 | $76,258 | 20.8 | -6.7% |
| 99567 | Chugiak | Standard | 6,452 | $147,319 | 647.0 | -36.1% |
| 99505 | Jber | Standard | 5,015 | $100,781 | 8.5 | -25.9% |
| 99587 | Girdwood | PO Box | 1,949 | $163,704 | 366.9 | -20.3% |
| 99519 | Anchorage | PO Box | 1,297 | — | 13,683.8 | 29.1% |
| 99540 | Indian | Standard | 468 | $146,086 | 129.8 | 44.4% |
| 99695 | Anchorage | PO Box | 0 | — | 4.2 | — |
| 99530 | Anchorage | Standard | 0 | — | 0.0 | — |
| 99513 | Anchorage | Standard | 0 | — | 0.0 | — |
| 99520 | Anchorage | PO Box | — | — | 0.0 | — |
| 99514 | Anchorage | PO Box | — | — | 0.0 | — |
| 99510 | Anchorage | PO Box | — | — | 200.1 | — |
| 99529 | Anchorage | Standard | — | — | 0.0 | — |
| 99524 | Anchorage | PO Box | — | — | 0.0 | — |
| 99599 | Anchorage | Standard | — | — | 0.0 | — |
| 99509 | Anchorage | PO Box | — | — | 0.0 | — |
| 99521 | Anchorage | PO Box | — | — | 0.0 | — |
| 99523 | Anchorage | PO Box | — | — | 0.0 | — |
| 99522 | Anchorage | PO Box | — | — | 0.0 | — |
| 99511 | Anchorage | PO Box | — | — | 0.0 | — |