City ZIP codes · Alaska
Anchorage, AK ZIP Codes
25 ZIP codes use the postal name Anchorage, Alaska (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 14 residential and 11 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $70,891 in 99501 to $173,984 in 99516, 2.5 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Anchorage's most populous ZIP code is 99504, with 42,093 people (ACS 2020-2024); 100% of its land is in the city of Anchorage.
- ACS2020-24
- Census2020
- GeoNames2026
Where are Anchorage's ZIP codes?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).
How different are Anchorage's ZIP codes?
The highest median household income is in 99516 ($173,984), the lowest in 99501 ($70,891). Home values run from $314,000 in 99504 to $607,200 in 99516.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).
All 14 residential ZIP codes of Anchorage
| County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99504 | Anchorage Municipality | 42,093 | 1,143 | $87k | $314k |
| 99507 | Anchorage Municipality | 37,301 | 789 | $108k | $384k |
| 99508 | Anchorage Municipality | 36,458 | 5,103 | $79k | $335k |
| 99502 | Anchorage Municipality | 25,006 | 1,424 | $116k | $418k |
| 99515 | Anchorage Municipality | 21,870 | 2,068 | $114k | $428k |
| 99516 | Anchorage Municipality | 21,500 | 490 | $174k | $607k |
| 99517 | Anchorage Municipality | 16,486 | 5,088 | $104k | $402k |
| 99501 | Anchorage Municipality | 16,175 | 2,422 | $71k | $379k |
| 99503 | Bethel Census Area | 12,964 | 627 | $76k | $339k |
| 99518 | Anchorage Municipality | 9,764 | 2,578 | $94k | $323k |
| 99519 | North Slope Borough | 1,297 | 1 | – | – |
| 99513 | Anchorage Municipality | no residents | 0 | – | – |
| 99530 | Anchorage Municipality | no residents | 0 | – | – |
| 99695 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | no residents | 0 | – | – |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).
PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Anchorage
11 ZIP codes named Anchorage have no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.
| ZIP | County |
|---|---|
| 99509 | Anchorage Municipality |
| 99510 | Anchorage Municipality |
| 99511 | Anchorage Municipality |
| 99514 | Anchorage Municipality |
| 99520 | Anchorage Municipality |
| 99521 | Anchorage Municipality |
| 99522 | Anchorage Municipality |
| 99523 | Anchorage Municipality |
| 99524 | Anchorage Municipality |
| 99529 | Anchorage Municipality |
| 99599 | Anchorage Municipality |
Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.
Which counties do Anchorage's ZIP codes reach?
Anchorage's residential ZIP codes lie in 4 counties: Anchorage Municipality (11 ZIP codes mainly there), Bethel Census Area (1 ZIP code mainly there), North Slope Borough (1 ZIP code mainly there), Lake and Peninsula Borough (1 ZIP code mainly there).
Which places do Anchorage's ZIP codes cover?
A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Anchorage's residential ZIP codes cover Anchorage itself and 2 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).
Which first three digits do Anchorage's ZIP codes use?
The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Anchorage's ZIP codes use 2 prefixes: 995 and 996.
Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.