Shungnak, AK

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Shungnak, AK: 1 USPS ZIP, population 262. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage

ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SHUNGNAK-AK · Shungnak, AK 1 ZIPs · 262 pop · #9708/25278 · Northwest Arctic

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

  • INC-HIGH $78,750
  • RANK-UPPER #9708/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Noatak
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 89% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 262
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending

Nearest income peer: Noatak, AK (+ $5,000 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 Shungnak

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

Top 38%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
262
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$78,750
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 99773 (262 residents). Household income $78,750 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.6%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Alaska, Big Lake is the closest lower-income city and Homer the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Shungnak.

Population concentration

Shungnak's single ZIP 99773 carries the town

Shungnak is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 99773 is the entire residential footprint (262 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

No ZBP establishments filed for Shungnak's ZIPs

Census County Business Patterns has no establishment rows joined to the ACS ZIPs mapped to Shungnak. Read demography on this page; business counts are absent for this footprint.

View your shortlist →

ZIP Codes in Shungnak, AK

These ZIP codes sit in Northwest Arctic, which covers 11 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Shungnak. See the Northwest Arctic roll-up →

Shungnak sits in the upper half of Northwest Arctic on income: Selawik, Noorvik and Buckland report less, while Kotzebue and Noatak report more. Kobuk marks the far end of that range at $37,917, 52% below Shungnak.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
99773 262 $78,750 n/a 17

Shungnak 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 Shungnak, .