99553 Zip Code (Akutan, AK) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 909
Zip code population in 2010: 1,027
Zip code population in 2000: 713

Houses and condos: 65
Renter-occupied apartments: 29
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 99553: 104.5 (near average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 13.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.

Population density: 66 people per square mile

(very low).

For population 25 years and over in 99553:

• High school or higher: 77.4%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.5%
• Graduate or professional degree: 3.6%
• Unemployed: 3.5%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 6.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 99553:

• Never married: 48.2%
• Now married: 39.1%
• Separated: 0.8%
• Widowed: 2.0%
• Divorced: 10.0%

• 
• • 22424.8%White
  • 18420.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 15517.1%Asian
  • 13715.2%Black
  • 13414.8%American Indian
  • 616.7%Two or more races
  • 91.0%Some other race

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 99553, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $31,253 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$31,253
State:	$45,527

Salary/wage: $29,167 (reported on 97.8% of returns)

Here:	$29,167
State:	$41,300

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 70.9% for AGIs below $10k, 88.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 96.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 81.1% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Total itemized deductions: $11,678 (35% of AGI, reported on 33.1% of returns)

Here:	$11,678
State:	$16,716

Here:	34.5% of AGI
State:	18.3% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $1,661 (5% of AGI, reported on 31.5% of returns)

Here:	$1,661
State:	$3,652

Here:	5.1% of AGI
State:	3.8% of AGI

Total tax: $2,828 (reported on 88.2% of returns)

99553:	$2,828
State:	$7,049

Earned income credit: $800 (reported on 5.6% of returns)

Here:	$800
State:	$1,505

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 22.5%

Here:	22%
State:	49%

Nearest zip codes: 99685, 99692, 99583, 99571, 99638, 99612.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 19
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 41

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 145 (65 now married, 79 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 99553 with a mortgage: 3
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 99553 household income distribution in 2022

• 3Less than $10,000
• 9$15,000 to $19,999
• 13$20,000 to $24,999
• 3$25,000 to $29,999
• 2$35,000 to $39,999
• 5$40,000 to $44,999
• 4$50,000 to $59,999
• 2$60,000 to $74,999
• 7$75,000 to $99,999
• 3$100,000 to $124,999
• 2$125,000 to $149,999

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 99553

• 3$40,000 to $49,999
• 7$50,000 to $59,999
• 2$60,000 to $69,999
• 4$100,000 to $124,999
• 7$150,000 to $174,999
• 4$300,000 to $399,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 99553

• 2$250 to $299
• 5$300 to $349
• 2$450 to $499
• 13No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $588.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $113,223

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $112,618 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $59,289 - $170,000

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $128,884

Here:	$128,884
State:	$371,009

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 54
• Two: 9
• 10 to 19: 2

Unemployment: 3.5%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 99553

• 2.7%22Drove a car alone
• 0.2%2Bicycle
• 60.9%489Walked
• 1.4%11Other means
• 35.9%288Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 99553

• 55Less than 5 minutes
• 3485 to 9 minutes
• 6310 to 14 minutes
• 7415 to 19 minutes
• 320 to 24 minutes
• 425 to 29 minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 100.1%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 909

• Male householders: 26 (18 living alone), Female householders: 34 (0 living alone)

• 14 spouses (14 opposite-sex spouses), 2 unmarried partners, (2 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 69 children (60 natural, 0 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 foster children, 17 other relatives, 0 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 741 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 22 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 1 4-persons, 4 5-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 16 1-person, 3 2-persons

2 married couples with children.
18 single-parent households (18 women).

27.3% of residents of 99553 zip code speak English at home.
19.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% very well, 25% well, 34% not well, 9% not at all).
28.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (3% very well, 5% well, 91% not well, 1% not at all).
21.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (23% very well, 55% well, 21% not well, 1% not at all).
20.8% of residents speak other language at home (32% very well, 2% well, 27% not well, 39% not at all).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• AKUTAN SCHOOL (202 VOLCANO DRIVE in AKUTAN, AK)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-560030
  Organizations: ALEUTIANS EAST BOROUGH (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• ARCTIC ALASKA FISHERIES INC (SEAFOOD VESSEL ARCTIC ENTERPRISE in AKUTAN, AK)

  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-10-1990-0023, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  

• AKUTAN CY OF LCM AKUTAN BAY VESSEL (AKUTAN BAY in AKUTAN, AK)

  TRANSPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Organizations: CITY OF AKUTAN (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• AKUTAN NAVAL STATION (1.5 MI WSW FROM AKUTAN VILLAGE in AKUTAN, AK)

  SUPERFUND (Superfund database)
  Alternative names: AKUTAN NAVEL STATION

Population in 1990: 589. Population change in the 1990s: +124 (+21.1%).

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 161
• Northeast: 10
• Midwest: 12
• South: 15
• West: 103

41% of the 99553 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 1% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Alaska.

70% of the 99553 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 7% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% moved from different state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% moved from abroad.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school):
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (1-4 employees: 1 establishment)
• Construction: Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction (1-4: 1)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners (1-4: 1)