99759 Zip Code (Point Lay, AK) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 171
Zip code population in 2010: 189
Zip code population in 2000: 247

Houses and condos: 61
Renter-occupied apartments: 19
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 99759: 101.1 (near average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 25.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 12.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 7 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,214 (1.5%)

For population 25 years and over in 99759:

• High school or higher: 73.9%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.9%
• Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
• Unemployed: 5.0%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 5.3 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 99759:

• Never married: 73.9%
• Now married: 21.2%
• Separated: 0.0%
• Widowed: 0.0%
• Divorced: 4.9%

• 
• • 15491.7%American Indian
  • 63.6%Two or more races
  • 53.0%White
  • 31.8%Black

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 99759, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $31,846 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$31,846
State:	$45,527

Salary/wage: $31,041 (reported on 93.6% of returns)

Here:	$31,041
State:	$41,300

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 64.0% for AGIs below $10k, 75.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 87.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 96.9% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Total tax: $3,551 (reported on 62.8% of returns)

99759:	$3,551
State:	$7,049

Earned income credit: $1,421 (reported on 24.4% of returns)

Here:	$1,421
State:	$1,505

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 78.2%

Here:	78%
State:	49%

(% for various income ranges: 80.0% for AGIs below $10k, 84.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 90.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 60.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Nearest zip codes: 99761, 99766, 99750, 99752, 99782, 99763.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 13
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 32

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 2 (3 now married, 0 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 35 (7 now married, 28 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 99759 with a mortgage: 8
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 99759 household income distribution in 2022

• 2$25,000 to $29,999
• 3$30,000 to $34,999
• 8$50,000 to $59,999
• 5$60,000 to $74,999
• 5$75,000 to $99,999
• 12$100,000 to $124,999
• 3$125,000 to $149,999
• 4$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 99759

• 2$15,000 to $19,999
• 12$100,000 to $124,999
• 2$175,000 to $199,999
• 2$200,000 to $249,999
• 2$250,000 to $299,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 99759

• 2$300 to $349
• 2$1,000 to $1,249
• 13No cash rent

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $129,900
• Two or more races householders: $125,225

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $125,225 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $112,650 - $207,191

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $146,524

Here:	$146,524
State:	$371,009

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 59
• 5 to 9: 1

Unemployment: 5.0%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 99759

• 15.7%10Drove a car alone
• 39.4%25Carpooled
• 23.6%15Walked
• 4.7%3Other means
• 12.6%8Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 99759

• 16Less than 5 minutes
• 325 to 9 minutes
• 710 to 14 minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 100.0%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 171

• Male householders: 23 (15 living alone), Female householders: 22 (0 living alone)

• 11 spouses (11 opposite-sex spouses), 7 unmarried partners, (7 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 72 children (71 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 0 foster children, 19 other relatives, 2 non-relatives

Size of family households: 2 2-persons, 5 4-persons, 4 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 13 1-person

25 married couples with children.
38 single-parent households (38 women).

44.3% of residents of 99759 zip code speak English at home.
44.9% of residents speak other language at home (100% very well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• KALI SCHOOL (1029 QASIGIAKIK ST. in POINT LAY, AK)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-360070
  Organizations: NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• POINT LAY VLG OF DMS (DMS BLDG KASEGALUK LAGOON in POINT LAY, AK) . Federal Facility. U.S. AIR FORCE. Tribal Land

  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Organizations: NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• POINT LAY LANDFILL (3 MI EAST OF TOWN in POINT LAY, AK)

  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  Business SIC classification: REFUSE SYSTEMS
  Business NAICS classification: SOLID WASTE LANDFILL.
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 17.6%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 5.9%

Population in 1990: 139. Population change in the 1990s: +108 (+77.7%).

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 152
• Midwest: 4
• South: 3
• West: 3

58% of the 99759 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Alaska.

94% of the 99759 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 20% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school):
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school):

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Information: Wired Telecommunications Carriers (1-4 employees: 1 establishment)