Kaktovik, AK

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Kaktovik, AK: 1 USPS ZIP, population 239. 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 KAKTOVIK-AK · Kaktovik, AK 1 ZIPs · 239 pop · #5561/25278 · North Slope

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-HIGH $93,750
  • RANK-UPPER #5561/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wainwright
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 81% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 239
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $97,100

Nearest income peer: Wainwright, AK (+ $0 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 Kaktovik

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Kaktovik 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, Kaktovik, AK sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 22%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
239
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$93,750
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $93,750 and home value $97,100 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 0.0%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (81.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Kaktovik as a pure owner town.

Within Alaska, Ketchikan is the closest lower-income city and Anaktuvuk Pass the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Kaktovik.

Population concentration

Kaktovik's single ZIP 99747 carries the town

Kaktovik is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 99747 is the entire residential footprint (239 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Kaktovik's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 6 establishments, 25 employees , annual payroll $954k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 99747 (6 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Kaktovik, AK

These ZIP codes sit in North Slope, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Kaktovik. See the North Slope roll-up →

Kaktovik lands mid-pack among the 7 cities sharing North Slope: Barrow and Point Lay earn more and Point Hope, Nuiqsut and Atqasuk earn less. Barrow marks the far end of that range at $115,313, 23% above Kaktovik.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
99747 239 $93,750 6 15

Kaktovik 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 Kaktovik, .