Cold Bay, AK

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Cold Bay, AK: 1 USPS ZIP, population 160. 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 COLD-BAY-AK · Cold Bay, AK 1 ZIPs · 160 pop · #13266/25278 · Aleutians East

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

  • INC-MID $70,000
  • RANK-MID #13266/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over King Cove
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 49% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 160
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $217,300

Nearest income peer: King Cove, AK ( $8,355 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 Cold Bay

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Cold Bay 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, Cold Bay, AK sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

48th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
160
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$70,000
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $70,000 and poverty 8.6% concentrate in 99571.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (48.8%) for this income tier, rent - may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Alaska, Fort Wainwright is the closest lower-income city and Chignik Lagoon the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Cold Bay.

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ZIP Codes in Cold Bay, AK

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

Cold Bay sits in the upper half of Aleutians East on income: Akutan and King Cove report less, while Sand Point reports more. Akutan marks the far end of that range at $35,833, 49% below Cold Bay.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
99571 160 2 America/Nome

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Cold Bay, 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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