PlainZIP

Ambler, AK

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Ambler, AK: 1 USPS ZIP, population 259. 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 AMBLER-AK · Ambler, AK 1 ZIPs · 259 pop · #23856/25278 · Northwest Arctic

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

  • INC-LOW $40,556
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23856/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Kobuk
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 85% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 259
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $96,900

Nearest income peer: Kobuk, AK ( $2,639 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 Ambler

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

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Ambler, 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.

6th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
259
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$40,556
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 ($40,556 average) · poverty 23.6%. The primary code (99786) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (85.1%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

One ZIP, 99786, is all of Ambler

There is no split to weigh here: 99786 holds every one of Ambler's 259 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

No ZBP establishments filed for Ambler's ZIPs

Census County Business Patterns has no establishment rows joined to the ACS ZIPs mapped to Ambler. Read demography on this page; business counts are absent for this footprint.

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ZIP Codes in Ambler, AK

These ZIP codes sit in Northwest Arctic, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Ambler. See the Northwest Arctic roll-up →

Ambler sits in the lower half of Northwest Arctic on income: Kotzebue, Selawik and Noorvik report more, and only Kobuk reports less. Kotzebue marks the far end of that range at $110,357, 172% above Ambler.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
99786 259 $40,556 n/a n/a
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