Postal Codes

99903 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 99903 covers Meyers Chuck, Alaska.

Time zone
Alaska UTC-09:00observes daylight saving time

Where 99903 is

Meyers Chuck, Alaska — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Vacant homes97.1%
Median year built1980

What the homes are

Detached house100%
Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall riskHigher than 1.4% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingVery Low
Expected annual loss0.8 out of 100
Community resilience25.9 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Landslide99.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather93.1Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Volcanic activity90Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalanche63.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire62.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm44.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake33.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave20.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning11Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding3.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado0.2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Compared with Alaska and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

This ZIPAlaskaUnited States
Median household income$89,336$78,538
Income per person$44,928$43,289
Poverty rate10.2%12.4%
Median home value$333,300$303,400
Median gross rent$1,388$1,348
Homeownership66.6%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher31.2%35%
Unemployment rate5.8%5.2%
Works from home8.8%13.5%
Born outside the US7.8%13.9%
Median age35.638.7
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Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather stationTHORNE BAY, AK US17.7 km away
Rain in a year85 in

Average high and low by month

January38.2°F / 28.1°F8.16 in rain
February39.6°F / 28.3°F5.46 in rain
March42.7°F / 29.7°F6.25 in rain
April49.9°F / 33.9°F5.09 in rain
May57.1°F / 40°F3.51 in rain
June62.6°F / 46.2°F4.08 in rain
July65.5°F / 50.6°F5.3 in rain
August65.3°F / 50.2°F6.98 in rain
September58.9°F / 45.2°F8.63 in rain
October50.6°F / 38°F12.12 in rain
November41.8°F / 32.2°F10.52 in rain
December37.7°F / 29.6°F9.08 in rain
Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarket100% of this ZIP code's area
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Wrangell School District100% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability74more vulnerable than 74% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status55more vulnerable than 55% of US census tracts
Household characteristics81more vulnerable than 81% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status61more vulnerable than 61% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport80more vulnerable than 80% of US census tracts
Walkability6.2 out of 20Below average
Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

99919 Thorne Bay, AK18.4 km away
99918 Coffman Cove, AK38.8 km away
99928 Ward Cove, AK53 km away
99901 Ketchikan, AK54.6 km away
99950 Ketchikan, AK58.6 km away
Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Wrangell City and Borough100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneAlaska (UTC-09:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area87.33 sq mi
Water area3.51 sq mi
Latitude, longitude55.7408, -132.2564

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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