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Kusilvak Census Area · Alaska

ZIP code 99563

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 99563 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
464

ZCTA residents

Median income
—

Household, past 12 months

Median home
—

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
0%

Alaska state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 99563 sits in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska and is home to 464 people. Median household income is —, the median home is worth — and median gross rent is $763. 62.5% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 0% (Alaska state rate).

County
Kusilvak Census Area

FIPS 02158

State
Alaska (AK)

245 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 99563

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
464ZIP 99563 residents
Median household income
—Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
—Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$763Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
25.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
62.5%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 99563 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 99563 is a very small community in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, with 464 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #119 of 245 ranked by population — larger than 51% of them. The median age here is 25.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in ZIP 99563 earn a median of not published a year. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 37% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 99563 is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $763 a month, 45.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,156 across a full year. 62.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

A median age of 25.7 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address. With 464 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare ZIP 99563 against its county rather than against national figures.

The Census withheld household income, home value for ZIP 99563 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.

Reading ZIP 99563 in context

How 99563 sits inside Kusilvak Census Area and Alaska.

ZIP 99563 is tabulated inside Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, one of 12 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 245 across Alaska. This is one of the smallest tabulated ZIP areas in the state, the kind of rural route where a single subdivision or farm cluster accounts for most addresses. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 99563 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 99563 reports a median household income of not published. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of not published. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $763 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Alaska charges 0% statewide, and local governments overlapping 99563 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 99563 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 99563

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
0%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$0Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$0Before any exemptions

Alaska levies 0% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
—Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
—Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
—20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
37%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 99563 compares

ZIP 99563 against the median ZIP in Kusilvak Census Area and across Alaska.

MeasureZIP 99563County medianState medianvs state
Median household income—$48,422$63,203—
Median home value—$75,000$170,800—
Median gross rent$763$917$1,040-27%
Population464715458+1%

Medians are computed across the 12 ZIP areas in Kusilvak Census Area and the 245 ZIP areas in Alaska.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 245 Alaska ZIP areas.

Income

Not published

—
Home value

Not published

—
Population

larger than 51% of 245 state ZIPs

#119

Nearby ZIP codes

Other ZIP codes filed under Kusilvak Census Area.

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska.

ZIP 99563 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 99563?
ZIP 99563 lies mostly in Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 99563?
Alaska charges 0% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 99563 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $763 a month, and the median home is worth — — — against the typical Alaska ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 99563, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.