99789 Zip Code (Nuiqsut, AK) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 563
Zip code population in 2010: 402
Zip code population in 2000: 434

Houses and condos: 137
Renter-occupied apartments: 44
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 99789: 104.0 (near average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 930.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 2.5 sq. mi.

Population density: 0.605 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: $2,269 (2.1%)

For population 25 years and over in 99789:

• High school or higher: 73.6%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 20.3%
• Graduate or professional degree: 8.0%
• Unemployed: 17.1%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 6.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 99789:

• Never married: 54.9%
• Now married: 31.7%
• Separated: 0.5%
• Widowed: 8.9%
• Divorced: 4.1%

• 
• • 44980.0%American Indian
  • 8615.3%White
  • 264.6%Two or more races

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 99789, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $29,604 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$29,604
State:	$45,527

Salary/wage: $27,058 (reported on 86.8% of returns)

Here:	$27,058
State:	$41,300

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 64.2% for AGIs below $10k, 67.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 81.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 85.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 79.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable dividends: $6,535 (reported on 36.0% of returns)

Here:	$6,535
State:	$2,694

Total tax: $3,150 (reported on 74.6% of returns)

99789:	$3,150
State:	$7,049

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.1% for AGIs below $10k, 3.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.9% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $1,880 (reported on 12.7% of returns)

Here:	$1,880
State:	$1,505

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 65.5%

Here:	65%
State:	49%

(% for various income ranges: 50.8% for AGIs below $10k, 66.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 74.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 68.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 81.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Nearest zip codes: 99721, 99510, 99734, 99726, 99720, 99701.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 37
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 74

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 18 (5 now married, 10 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 130 (35 now married, 97 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 99789 with a mortgage: 7
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $350
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $334

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 99789 household income distribution in 2022

• 3Less than $10,000
• 5$10,000 to $14,999
• 6$25,000 to $29,999
• 3$30,000 to $34,999
• 1$35,000 to $39,999
• 7$40,000 to $44,999
• 5$45,000 to $49,999
• 4$50,000 to $59,999
• 14$60,000 to $74,999
• 14$75,000 to $99,999
• 12$100,000 to $124,999
• 12$125,000 to $149,999
• 7$150,000 to $199,999
• 10$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 99789

• 3$30,000 to $34,999
• 2$80,000 to $89,999
• 9$90,000 to $99,999
• 2$100,000 to $124,999
• 2$125,000 to $149,999
• 7$150,000 to $174,999
• 6$175,000 to $199,999
• 7$200,000 to $249,999
• 5$300,000 to $399,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 99789

• 4$300 to $349
• 6$350 to $399
• 5$650 to $699
• 2$700 to $749
• 1$800 to $899
• 5$1,000 to $1,249
• 7$1,250 to $1,499
• 1$1,500 to $1,999
• 8No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $1,081.

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

• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $139,568

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $139,104 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $101,439 - $199,836

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $146,333

Here:	$146,333
State:	$371,009

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 117
• 3 or 4: 4
• Mobile homes: 13

Unemployment: 17.1%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 99789

• 28.2%54Drove a car alone
• 21.4%41Carpooled
• 44.4%85Walked
• 2.1%4Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 99789

• 91Less than 5 minutes
• 205 to 9 minutes
• 5710 to 14 minutes
• 1015 to 19 minutes
• 520 to 24 minutes

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

Household type by relationship:

Households: 563

• Male householders: 51 (11 living alone), Female householders: 59 (5 living alone)

• 35 spouses (35 opposite-sex spouses), 6 unmarried partners, (6 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 188 children (175 natural, 14 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 46 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 0 foster children, 72 other relatives, 9 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 81 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 19 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 16 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 15 1-person, 1 2-persons

67 married couples with children.
89 single-parent households (7 men, 82 women).

58.1% of residents of 99789 zip code speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% very well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).
30.9% of residents speak other language at home (77% very well, 20% well, 2% not well, 1% not at all).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• NUIQSUT TRAPPER SCHOOL (3310 3RD AVE. in NUIQSUT, AK)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-360050
  Organizations: NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• NUIQSUT VLG OF DMS (DMS BLDG CTR OF VLG in NUIQSUT, AK) . Tribal Land

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

• NUIQSUT LANDFILL (SEC. 14, T. 10 N., R. 4E., UMIAT MERIDIAN in NUIQSUT, 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: 13.2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 10.0%

Population in 1990: 354. Population change in the 1990s: +80 (+22.6%).

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

• This state: 465
• Midwest: 42
• South: 22
• West: 14

68% of the 99789 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Alaska.

80% of the 99789 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 8% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% 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): Students in private undergraduate colleges:

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

• Real Estate and Rental and Leasing: Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) (20-49 employees: 1 establishment)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Food Service Contractors (10-19: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Business Associations (1-4: 1)
• Information: Wired Telecommunications Carriers (1-4: 1)