Akutan, AK

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Akutan, AK: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,027. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet AKUTAN-AK · Akutan, AK 1 ZIPs · 1,027 pop · #24429/25278 · Aleutians East

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $35,833
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24429/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under King Cove
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 56% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,027
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $93,300

Nearest income peer: King Cove, AK (+ $25,812 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Akutan

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Akutan on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Akutan, AK sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

3rd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,027
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$35,833
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($35,833 average) · poverty 20.2%. The primary code (99553) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (56.4%) for this income tier, rent - may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Alaska, Northway is the closest lower-income city and Chevak the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Akutan.

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ZIP Codes in Akutan, AK

These ZIP codes sit in Aleutians East, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Akutan. See the Aleutians East roll-up →

Every one of the 3 cities sharing Aleutians East reports a higher average ZIP median income than Akutan, Sand Point, King Cove and Cold Bay among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Sand Point marks the far end of that range at $80,469, 125% above Akutan.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
99553 1,027 29 America/Nome

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Akutan, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →

Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →

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