ZIP 99782 · Wainwright
Who lives in ZIP code 99782 (Wainwright, AK): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Wainwright, AK · North Slope
uszips 2026
People718
Median age28.4
Household income$93,750
Home value$126,618
Median rent$833/mo
Poverty12.0%
College degree+5.6%
Commute6 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Alaska
- Density
- 27 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 194
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
7.0% are 65 or older; 62.7% are adults.
Household income
46.4% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $30,278.
Education (adults 25+)
18.2% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
3.8% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 28.5%
- Never married
- 62.7%
- Divorced
- 3.7%
- Widowed
- 5.1%
- Family size
- 3.99
- Dual-income families
- 37.4%
Housing
- Own their home
- 66.5%
- Rent burden
- 15.1%
- Men / women
- 55% / 45%
Work
- In labor force
- 56.2%
- Unemployment
- 12.6%
- Self-employed
- 6.9%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 0.0%
- Veterans
- 4.4%
- With a disability
- 6.3%
- No health insurance
- 20.1%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.