99605 Zip Code (Hope, AK) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 146
Zip code population in 2010: 211
Zip code population in 2000: 155

March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 99605: 104.1 (near average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 304.7 sq. mi.
Water area: 31.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 0.479 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 mortgages in 2022: $1,149 (0.4%)

For population 25 years and over in 99605:

• High school or higher: 86.7%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 44.2%
• Graduate or professional degree: 18.9%
• Unemployed: 15.1%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 31.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 99605:

• Never married: 14.1%
• Now married: 63.5%
• Separated: 0.0%
• Widowed: 0.0%
• Divorced: 22.4%

• 
• • 9666.2%White
  • 4933.8%American Indian

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 99605, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $35,264 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$35,264
State:	$63,695

Salary/wage: $35,357 (reported on 63.6% of returns)

Here:	$35,357
State:	$52,620

Taxable interest for individuals: $700 (reported on 27.3% of returns)

This zip code:	$700
Alaska:	$1,478

Ordinary dividends: $950 (reported on 18.2% of returns)

Here:	$950
State:	$4,666

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 36.4%

Here:	36%
State:	43%

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 99605, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $35,909 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$35,909
State:	$45,527

Salary/wage: $26,914 (reported on 70.7% of returns)

Here:	$26,914
State:	$41,300

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 58.9% for AGIs below $10k, 70.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 73.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 39.8% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $542 (reported on 48.5% of returns)

This zip code:	$542
Alaska:	$1,233

Taxable dividends: $562 (reported on 16.2% of returns)

Here:	$562
State:	$2,694

Net capital gain/loss: +$9,400 (reported on 10.1% of returns)

Here:	+$9,400
State:	+$10,140

Profit/loss from business: +$944 (reported on 18.2% of returns)

Here:	+$944
State:	+$12,808

Total itemized deductions: $14,429 (19% of AGI, reported on 14.1% of returns)

Here:	$14,429
State:	$16,716

Here:	19.3% of AGI
State:	18.3% of AGI

Total tax: $4,315 (reported on 73.7% of returns)

99605:	$4,315
State:	$7,049

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.3% for AGIs below $10k, 5.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 10.9% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Earned income credit: $857 (reported on 14.1% of returns)

Here:	$857
State:	$1,505

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 52.5%

Here:	53%
State:	49%

Nearest zip codes: 99540, 99631, 99516, 99507, 99504, 99505.
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 17.1% of all households
• Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 0
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 65

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 30 (28 now married, 0 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 99605 with a mortgage: 50 (7 second mortgage)
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 99605 household income distribution in 2022

• 27Less than $10,000
• 6$10,000 to $14,999
• 16$100,000 to $124,999
• 21$125,000 to $149,999

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 99605

• 36$200,000 to $249,999
• 10$300,000 to $399,999
• 12$400,000 to $499,999

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

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $410,500

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $250,662 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $235,326 - $359,684

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $288,134

Here:	$288,134
State:	$371,009

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 246

Unemployment: 15.1%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 99605

• 67.7%43Drove a car alone
• 33.1%21Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 99605

• 1115 to 19 minutes
• 1425 to 29 minutes
• 1945 to 59 minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 77.8%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 146

• Male householders: 57 (42 living alone), Female householders: 9 (0 living alone)

• 29 spouses (29 opposite-sex spouses), 0 unmarried partners, (0 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 43 children (42 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 foster children, 13 other relatives, 0 non-relatives

Size of family households: 11 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 6 4-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 38 1-person

41 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households ().

99.0% of residents of 99605 zip code speak English at home.

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• HOPE SCHOOL (PO BOX 47 in HOPE, AK)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-240010
  Organizations: KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• BEAR CREEK (MI 15.9 HOPE HWY in HOPE, AK)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: GOLD ORES
  Alternative names: HUNDLEY, TOM

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 43.6%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 44.2%

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

• This state: 50
• Midwest: 10
• West: 43

38% of the 99605 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 9% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Alaska.

101% of the 99605 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.

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

• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (5-9 employees: 1 establishment, 1-4 employees: 1 establishment)
• Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation: All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries (1-4: 2)
• Construction: Framing Contractors (1-4: 1)
• Information: Libraries and Archives (1-4: 1)