ZIP 99789 · Nuiqsut
Who lives in ZIP code 99789 (Nuiqsut, AK): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Nuiqsut, AK · North Slope
uszips 2026
People616
Median age29.6
Household income$78,438
Home value$138,676
Median rent$1,167/mo
Poverty21.1%
College degree+6.9%
Commute8 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Alaska
- Density
- 27 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 159
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
9.7% are 65 or older; 61.9% are adults.
Household income
37.1% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $26,250.
Education (adults 25+)
29.2% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
2.9% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 33.0%
- Never married
- 52.2%
- Divorced
- 7.9%
- Widowed
- 6.9%
- Family size
- 3.50
- Dual-income families
- 54.9%
Housing
- Own their home
- 57.9%
- Rent burden
- 17.7%
- Men / women
- 53% / 47%
Work
- In labor force
- 68.6%
- Unemployment
- 24.9%
- Self-employed
- 0.0%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 0.0%
- Veterans
- 2.6%
- With a disability
- 14.8%
- No health insurance
- 22.6%
- Limited English
- 6.3%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.