ZIP 99686 · Valdez
Who lives in ZIP code 99686 (Valdez, AK): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Valdez, AK · Chugach
uszips 2026
People3,862
Median age38.5
Household income$99,349
Home value$317,557
Median rent$1,481/mo
Poverty5.8%
College degree+31.9%
Commute11 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Alaska
- Density
- 1 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 1,679
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
10.0% are 65 or older; 78.2% are adults.
Household income
49.2% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $54,500.
Education (adults 25+)
32.6% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
4.4% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 57.3%
- Never married
- 29.9%
- Divorced
- 9.8%
- Widowed
- 3.1%
- Family size
- 2.81
- Dual-income families
- 70.8%
Housing
- Own their home
- 65.4%
- Rent burden
- 19.5%
- Men / women
- 56% / 44%
Work
- In labor force
- 72.8%
- Unemployment
- 10.2%
- Self-employed
- 12.6%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 13.6%
- Veterans
- 7.9%
- With a disability
- 16.8%
- No health insurance
- 12.1%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.