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99923 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 99923 covers Hyder, Alaska.

Median age
67.528.8 points above the US average
Time zone
Alaska UTC-09:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
6

Where 99923 is

Hyder, 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.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median age67.5
Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Income per person$48,956
Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Vacant homes76.4%
Median year built1973

What the homes are

Detached house48.6%
5 to 19 units25%
Mobile home26.4%
Health

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesity28.6% 4.8 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diagnosed diabetes7.8% 4.2 pts below the national average of 12%
Currently smokes10.3% 2.9 pts below the national average of 13.2%
High blood pressure31% 3.1 pts below the national average of 34.1%
Fair or poor general health13% 7.3 pts below the national average of 20.3%
No health insurance (18–64)6.9% 4.4 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depression18.5% 3.4 pts below the national average of 21.9%
No leisure-time physical activity15.8% 9.6 pts below the national average of 25.4%
Arthritis24.2% 0.9 pts below the national average of 25.1%
Binge drinking19.5% 3.5 pts above the national average of 16%
Taking blood pressure medication73.4% 1.3 pts below the national average of 74.7%
Cancer (non-skin)9.5% 1.8 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Current asthma9.3% 1.1 pts below the national average of 10.4%
Coronary heart disease5.9% same as the national average of 6.2%
Routine check-up in past year69.6% 7.1 pts below the national average of 76.7%
Cholesterol screening82.5% 3.4 pts below the national average of 85.9%
Cognitive disability10.9% 3.9 pts below the national average of 14.8%
Colorectal screening67.2% 2.9 pts above the national average of 64.3%
COPD5.1% 1.5 pts below the national average of 6.6%
Visited a dentist67.9% 6.6 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Any disability24.4% 6.3 pts below the national average of 30.7%
Lacks emotional support21.9% 2.9 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Food insecurity6.5% 10.6 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Received food stamps3.4% 10.9 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Hearing disability7.5% 0.8 pts above the national average of 6.7%
High cholesterol34.9% 1.3 pts below the national average of 36.2%
Housing insecurity6% 7.8 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Independent living disability5.4% 3 pts below the national average of 8.4%
Lacks transport4.8% 4.4 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Loneliness30.9% 3.5 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mammography use72.8% 3.1 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Poor mental health (14+ days)13.2% 3.6 pts below the national average of 16.8%
Mobility disability9.2% 4.8 pts below the national average of 14%
Poor physical health (14+ days)10.9% 2.6 pts below the national average of 13.5%
Self-care disability2.3% 1.7 pts below the national average of 4%
Utility shut-off threat3.7% 5.1 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Sleeps under 7 hours27.6% 8.8 pts below the national average of 36.4%
Stroke2.8% 0.6 pts below the national average of 3.4%
All natural teeth lost6.8% 6.2 pts below the national average of 13%
Vision disability3% 2.6 pts below the national average of 5.6%
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments6
People employed19
Annual payroll$425,000
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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 0.1% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingVery Low
Expected annual loss0.1 out of 100
Community resilience34.9 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.

Landslide80.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Volcanic activity40.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire36.7Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather25.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalanche24.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm2Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning0.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake0.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding0.3Very 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$48,956$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 age67.535.638.7
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 stationHYDER, AK US0.1 km away
Rain in a year93 in

Average high and low by month

January31.2°F / 22.4°F11.03 in rain
February35.2°F / 24.2°F5.76 in rain
March42.3°F / 27.5°F5.95 in rain
April51.2°F / 32.8°F4.11 in rain
May61.9°F / 39.7°F4.8 in rain
June66.7°F / 47.4°F3.48 in rain
July68.1°F / 51.2°F4.74 in rain
August66.5°F / 49.9°F8.77 in rain
September58.8°F / 45.3°F11.19 in rain
October47.9°F / 36.7°F12.06 in rain
November37.5°F / 30°F12 in rain
December32.1°F / 24°F8.64 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 supermarketNone of this ZIP code
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%.

Southeast Island 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 vulnerability3more vulnerable than 3% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status0more vulnerable than 0% of US census tracts
Household characteristics22more vulnerable than 22% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status0more vulnerable than 0% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport29more vulnerable than 29% of US census tracts
Walkability1.8 out of 20Least walkable
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.

Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneAlaska (UTC-09:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area17.34 sq mi
Latitude, longitude55.9169, -130.0247

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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