Fort Wainwright, AK

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Fort Wainwright, AK: 1 USPS ZIP, population 7,065. 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 FORT-WAINWRIGHT-AK · Fort Wainwright, AK 1 ZIPs · 7,065 pop · #13796/25278 · Fairbanks North Star

INC-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-RENT · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-UNK

  • INC-MID $68,667
  • RANK-MID #13796/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Eielson Afb
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-RENT 1% owners
  • POP-TOWN 7,065
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending

Nearest income peer: Eielson Afb, AK ( $27 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 Fort Wainwright

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Fort Wainwright 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 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Fort Wainwright, AK sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

45th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
7,065
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$68,667
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 $68,667 and poverty 3.9% concentrate in 99703.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (0.9%) for this income tier, rent $2,239 may matter more than the home-value average.

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

Population concentration

Fort Wainwright's single ZIP 99703 carries the town

Fort Wainwright is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 99703 is the entire residential footprint (7,065 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Fort Wainwright

Citywide ZBP: 31 establishments, 834 employees , annual payroll $83,749k (~4 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 99703 (31 units) ; leading NAICS Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services (7) · also Retail trade · Professional, scientific, and technical services .

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ZIP Codes in Fort Wainwright, AK

These ZIP codes sit in Fairbanks North Star, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Fort Wainwright. See the Fairbanks North Star roll-up →

Every one of the 4 cities sharing Fairbanks North Star reports a higher average ZIP median income than Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks, North Pole and Salcha among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. North Pole marks the far end of that range at $96,964, 41% above Fort Wainwright.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
99703 7,065 $68,667 31 311

Fort Wainwright roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Fort Wainwright, .