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Goodnews Bay, AK

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Goodnews Bay, AK: 1 USPS ZIP, population 243. 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 GOODNEWS-BAY-AK · Goodnews Bay, AK 1 ZIPs · 243 pop · #24963/25278 · Bethel

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

  • INC-LOW $26,875
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24963/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Akiachak
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 100% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 243
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $137,500

Nearest income peer: Akiachak, AK (+ $3,125 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 Goodnews Bay

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

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Goodnews Bay, 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.

1st pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
243
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$26,875
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 ($26,875 average) · poverty 60.0%. The primary code (99589) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (100.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Alaska, Central is the closest lower-income city and Mekoryuk the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Goodnews Bay.

Population concentration

Goodnews Bay reads through its lone ZIP, 99589

243 ACS residents, one ZIP: 99589 is not the leading code inside Goodnews Bay, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Goodnews Bay's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 5 establishments, 44 employees , annual payroll $834k (~21 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 99589 (5 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Goodnews Bay, AK

These ZIP codes sit in Bethel, which covers 26 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Goodnews Bay. See the Bethel roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Bethel reports a higher average ZIP median income than Goodnews Bay, Bethel, Aniak and Kwethluk among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Bethel marks the far end of that range at $113,333, 322% above Goodnews Bay.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
99589 243 $26,875 5 32
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Goodnews Bay 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 Goodnews Bay, .