Population & age
- Total population
- 1,910
- Median age
- 49.0
Prudhoe Bay, AK (99519)
North Slope Borough · Population 1,910
Fresh.Data current as of Apr 24, 2026
Prudhoe Bay, AK (ZIP 99519) sits in North Slope Borough. The page draws on 1 federal data feed retrieved Apr 24. Top health signal: Annual Checkup comes in above the national average at 61.1%. No NCES schools are mapped to this ZIP in the current dataset. 4 colleges and universities serve the area, with median in-state tuition of $18,375. BLS QCEW puts average annual pay at $128,567 per worker — about 96% above the US average and a clear high-wage signal. Severe Storm accounts for 50% of the 8 FEMA disaster declarations on record for this ZIP. Annual average temperature is just 13.5°F per NOAA's 1991–2020 Climate Normals — a notably cold-weather climate. Median daily AQI is just 5 per EPA AQS (2024), comfortably inside the Good range, with PM2.5 as the primary pollutant on most measured days. 37.9% of residents in this county are flagged low-access by USDA's 2025 Food Environment Atlas — a notable supermarket-access gap. Alaska has no state income tax (Tax Foundation 2025). IRS migration data (2022-2023) shows a net loss of 229 residents (107 households) — the ZIP's primary county is shrinking. Healthcare access is the area's quieter strength; school options sit on the lighter side, so families may find themselves looking at districts a few ZIPs over. Notable: fair market rent of $1,630 for a two-bedroom and a low 0.0% poverty rate. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.
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Demographics
Race & ethnicity
- White
- 80.9%
- Black
- 0.0%
- Asian
- 4.5%
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.1%
- Other / multi-racial
- 5.4%
Education
- Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+)
- 20.9%
Employment
- Unemployment rate
- 0.9%
Housing
- Owner-occupied
- 0
- Renter-occupied
- 0
- Vacant units
- 0
Commute
- Public transit
- 10(0.5%)
- Work from home
- 64(3.4%)
- Avg commute
- 8.3 min
Economic wellbeing
- Below poverty line
- 0(0.0%)
- Uninsured
- 0(0.0%)
Digital access
- Broadband access
- 0
Language & nativity
- Foreign-born
- 99(5.2%)
- Non-English at home
- 199(10.4%)
Fair Market Rent
Fresh.HUD SAFMR · May 1, 2026Studio
$1,120
/month
1 Bed
$1,240
/month
2 Bed
$1,630
/month
3 Bed
$1,980
/month
4 Bed
$2,560
/month
HUD Fair Market Rents represent the 40th percentile of standard-quality rental housing in this area. FY2026 data.
New housing construction
New housing units permitted
8
Across 6 permitted buildings. Total construction value: $2.4M.
Single-family
4
50% of total units
Multifamily (2+ unit)
4
50% of total units
Single-family value
$1.6M
construction value
Multifamily value
$838,000
construction value
Based on county-level data (2024).
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (census.gov/construction/bps). Public domain. BPS reports annual residential building permits from local permit-issuing jurisdictions, aggregated to county. A permit reflects intent to build, not a completed unit — actual construction lags by 6-24 months for multifamily projects.
Business & employment
Business establishments
15
Total employment
445
Annual payroll
$33.6M
Average annual pay
$75,422
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Business Patterns (census.gov). Public domain. ZBP covers establishments with paid employees; Census suppresses employment and payroll values when fewer employers operate in a ZIP than would protect their confidentiality.
Employment & wages
Average annual pay
$128,567
Average weekly wage
$2,472
Total employment
11,794
Total establishments
225
That is roughly 96% above the US national average of $65,470 per worker.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (bls.gov/cew). Public domain. QCEW is derived from state unemployment-insurance filings and covers ~95% of US jobs. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches; small-employer cells are suppressed by BLS to protect employer confidentiality.
Unemployment
Unemployment rate
3.4%
That is 0.6 percentage points below the US national unemployment rate of about 4.0%.
Labor force
5,637
Employed
5,444
Unemployed
193
Based on North Slope Borough, AK data (2024).
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (bls.gov/lau). Public domain. LAUS publishes monthly and annual labor-force estimates for every US county. Figures are county-level totals assigned to ZIPs whose primary county matches.
Federal Disaster Declarations
Federally Declared Disasters
8
Date Range
1986–2020
Most Recent Declaration
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Biological — declared April 9, 2020 (DR-4533)
Incident period: January 20, 2020 – May 11, 2023
Top Incident Types
- Severe Storm4 (50%)
- Biological2 (25%)
- Coastal Storm1 (13%)
- Flood1 (13%)
Households Program
1
Housing & temporary lodging support
Public Assistance
8
Repair of public facilities & roads
Hazard Mitigation
6
Funding to reduce future disaster risk
FEMA declares disasters at the county level; counts here include every federally declared disaster touching any county that overlaps this ZIP. Statewide declarations and pre-1964 records without county granularity are excluded. Program flags reflect which FEMA assistance categories were activated (Individual Assistance, Households, Public Assistance, Hazard Mitigation). Source: fema.gov/openfema. Public domain.
Climate
30-year averages (1991-2020) from the nearest GHCN-D weather station. Temperature and precipitation values reflect typical annual conditions, not any single year.
Avg. temperature
13.5°F
7° – 19.9°
Annual precipitation
4.7"
Annual snowfall
35.5"
Heating · cooling days
— · 1
Annual base 65°F
Nearest station: KUPARUK, AK US, 22.1 miles from the centroid of Prudhoe Bay, AK (ZIP 99519)
Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals (ncei.noaa.gov). Public domain.
Air quality
Median daily AQI
5
GoodGood 120d
Peak AQI (2024)
32
Good
Primary pollutant
PM2.5
120 days as main pollutant
Days measured
120
Based on North Slope Borough data (2024).
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System (epa.gov). Public domain. Only counties with EPA AQS monitoring stations appear here (~30% of US counties); rural ZIPs whose primary county has no monitor will not show this section.
Community health profile
Years of potential life lost (per 100K)
9,617
That is roughly 1,417 years per 100,000 above the national county median (~8,200).
Premature death is the headline composite outcome CHR reports — age-adjusted, all-cause, before age 75.
Fair or poor health
19%
of adults self-report
Poor physical health days
4.5
avg per adult per month
Poor mental health days
4.9
avg per adult per month
Uninsured
14.7%
of residents under 65
Primary care MDs
36
per 100,000 residents
Preventable hospital stays
—
per 100K Medicare enrollees
Food environment (0-10)
7.9
10 = best access & security
Exercise access
7%
residents near a facility
Flu vaccinated
—
of Medicare enrollees
Low birth weight (under 2,500 g) accounts for 7.8% of live births in this county — an early-life health input that downstream outcomes track against.
Based on North Slope data (2025 CHR release).
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute (countyhealthrankings.org). Annual release. Underlying source datasets vary by measure (CDC BRFSS, NCHS Vital Statistics, AHA, USDA Food Environment Atlas, and others). Figures are county-level and assigned to every ZIP whose primary county matches.
Food access
Food access status
Significant food access concerns
37.9% of North Slope County, AK residents live more than 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural) from the nearest supermarket.
Grocery stores
0.86
per 1,000 residents
Supercenters & clubs
—
per 1,000 residents
SNAP-authorized stores
1.37
accepting food benefits
Fast-food restaurants
0.43
per 1,000 residents
Among low-income residents, 7.1% are low-access — those without a supermarket within 1 mile (urban) or 10 miles (rural).
Per-1,000 figures show how many of each store type exist in North Slope County, AK for every 1,000 residents. Higher grocery and supercenter density usually means easier access to fresh food; higher convenience-store-only density (with low grocery rate) often signals a food swamp.
Source: USDA Economic Research Service, Food Environment Atlas (ers.usda.gov). County-level metrics fanned to ZIP via the primary county in the Census ZCTA-county relationship file. Variable years differ per family (stores ~2020, low-access ~2019).
Who’s moving in and out
Net migration (2022-2023)
▼−229 people
−107 households • −$12.4M net AGI flow
Moved in
38households
79 people • $2.0M AGI
Moved out
145households
308 people • $14.4M AGI
Where new residents came from
No county-level breakdown available.
Where departing residents went
- Anchorage Municipality, AK — 56 households
Incoming households reported an average AGI of $53,342 versus departing households' $99,572.
Source: U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income, Migration Data (irs.gov). Public domain. Migration is measured by year-over-year changes in the address on individual tax returns; figures are county-level totals attributed to ZIPs whose primary county matches. Foreign migration contributes to inflow/outflow totals but does not appear in the top-county lists. Small flows are suppressed by IRS to protect taxpayer confidentiality.
Taxes & benefits in Alaska
State-level rules that apply to every resident of ZIP 99519. Numbers reflect the most recent published year per source.
Tax rates
Income tax
None
No state income tax
Sales tax (combined)
1.82%
State 0.00% · avg local 1.82%
Property tax (effective)
0.86%
Median $757/year
Tax burden rank
1 of 50
5.60% of personal income
Paid family leave
Program
No program
No program
Safety net
SNAP eligibility
130% FPL
Broad-Based Categorical Eligibility (raises gross income limit above federal 130% floor). No asset test.
Sources: Tax Foundation (state tax rates & brackets), Bipartisan Policy Center (paid family leave), USDA FNS (SNAP categorical eligibility).
Other ZIPs near 99519
Other ZIPs in Prudhoe Bay
Nearby ZIPs by distance
99734 (Prudhoe Bay, 30.6 mi)
Compare ZIP-level stats — population, schools, housing, climate — across nearby areas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ZCTA basemap.
Data sources used on this page
All data on this page is sourced from federal government datasets · Not AI-generated · Methodology
Health profile
Crude prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES, derived from BRFSS small-area modeling. Population-level figures only.
Obesity
39.7%
6.7pp above the 33.0% national rate.
High Blood Pressure
31.0%
Tracks close to the 32.0% national rate.
Depression
15.0%
7.0pp below the 22.0% national rate.
Annual Checkup
61.1%
14.9pp below the 76.0% national rate.
Health Insurance
10.5%
2.5pp below the 13.0% national rate.
Diabetes
7.6%
3.4pp below the 11.0% national rate.
Colleges & universities nearby
Colleges in this area
4
Median in-state tuition
$18,375
Median earnings (10 yr)
$43,688
- 4-Year
University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, AK · 99508
- In-state tuition
- $7,738
- Out-of-state tuition
- $21,322
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Graduation rate
- 29.3%
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- $51,871
- Median student debt
- $20,210
- 4-Year
Charter College
Anchorage, AK · 99508
- In-state tuition
- $18,375
- Out-of-state tuition
- $18,375
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Graduation rate
- 57.0%
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- $35,504
- Median student debt
- $14,176
- 4-Year
Alaska Pacific University
Anchorage, AK · 99508
- In-state tuition
- $20,760
- Out-of-state tuition
- $20,760
- Acceptance rate
- 96.5%
- Graduation rate
- 47.1%
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- $54,271
- Median student debt
- $23,500
- 2-Year
Alaska Career College
Anchorage, AK · 99507
- In-state tuition
- —
- Out-of-state tuition
- —
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Graduation rate
- 66.7%
- Median earnings (10 yr)
- $34,468
- Median student debt
- $7,377
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (collegescorecard.ed.gov). Public domain data. Earnings figures reflect median earnings 10 years after entry for federally-aided students.
What these numbers say together
Prudhoe Bay, AK (ZIP 99519) sits in North Slope Borough. The page draws on 1 federal data feed retrieved Apr 24. Top health signal: Annual Checkup comes in above the national average at 61.1%. No NCES schools are mapped to this ZIP in the current dataset. 4 colleges and universities serve the area, with median in-state tuition of $18,375. BLS QCEW puts average annual pay at $128,567 per worker — about 96% above the US average and a clear high-wage signal. Severe Storm accounts for 50% of the 8 FEMA disaster declarations on record for this ZIP. Annual average temperature is just 13.5°F per NOAA's 1991–2020 Climate Normals — a notably cold-weather climate. Median daily AQI is just 5 per EPA AQS (2024), comfortably inside the Good range, with PM2.5 as the primary pollutant on most measured days. 37.9% of residents in this county are flagged low-access by USDA's 2025 Food Environment Atlas — a notable supermarket-access gap. Alaska has no state income tax (Tax Foundation 2025). IRS migration data (2022-2023) shows a net loss of 229 residents (107 households) — the ZIP's primary county is shrinking. Healthcare access is the area's quieter strength; school options sit on the lighter side, so families may find themselves looking at districts a few ZIPs over. Notable: fair market rent of $1,630 for a two-bedroom and a low 0.0% poverty rate. Every figure on this page links to its underlying federal dataset with a retrieval date so you can audit the freshness yourself.
The two domains pull in different directions. Healthcare access reads strong, but the on-paper school count is on the lighter side — that’s less a quality signal and more a density one. Households here often look at districts a few ZIPs over for school choice while keeping their providers local.
One concrete reading worth keeping: Depression prevalence sits lower the national rate at 15.0%. Each figure on this page links to the original federal dataset with its retrieval date — this synthesis is a reading, not a substitute for the underlying records.
Frequently Asked Questions — ZIP 99519
What is the obesity rate in ZIP 99519?
39.7%, which is 6.7 percentage points above the national average of 33.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the depression rate in ZIP 99519?
15.0%, which is 7.0 percentage points below the national average of 22.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the high blood pressure rate in ZIP 99519?
31.0%, which is 1.0 percentage points below the national average of 32.0% (CDC PLACES, retrieved Apr 24, 2026).
What is the population of ZIP 99519?
1,910 people live in ZIP 99519, with a median age of 49.0 (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
How do people commute in ZIP 99519?
In ZIP 99519, 3.4% of workers work from home. Public transit is used by 0.5% of commuters (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
What is the poverty rate in ZIP 99519?
0.0% of the population in ZIP 99519 lives below the federal poverty line (Census ACS 5-Year 2022, retrieved Apr 30, 2026).
How many businesses are in ZIP 99519?
As of 2022, 15 business establishments operated in ZIP 99519 employing 445 workers (Census ZIP Business Patterns, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What is the average salary in ZIP 99519?
The average annual pay across all local establishments in ZIP 99519 is $75,422, based on Census ZIP Business Patterns 2022 data (retrieved May 3, 2026).
How many federally declared disasters has ZIP 99519 experienced?
FEMA has recorded 8 federal disaster declarations affecting ZIP 99519 between 1986–2020 (FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What kinds of disasters most often hit ZIP 99519?
Severe Storm is the most common federally declared disaster type affecting ZIP 99519, accounting for 4 of 8 declarations (50%, FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What was the most recent disaster declared for ZIP 99519?
The most recent FEMA disaster declaration affecting ZIP 99519 was "COVID-19 PANDEMIC" — a biological declared in 2020 (DR-4533) (FEMA OpenFEMA, retrieved May 3, 2026).
What colleges are near ZIP 99519?
4 colleges and universities are listed near ZIP 99519 by the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, including University Of Alaska Anchorage, Charter College, and Alaska Pacific University (retrieved May 2, 2026).
What is the average tuition at colleges near ZIP 99519?
Median in-state tuition across 4 nearby institutions is $18,375 (College Scorecard, retrieved May 2, 2026).
What do graduates earn from colleges near ZIP 99519?
Graduates of nearby colleges earn a median of $43,688 ten years after entry (College Scorecard, retrieved May 2, 2026).
What is the climate like in ZIP 99519?
ZIP 99519 has an average annual temperature of 13.5°F and 4.7" of annual precipitation based on the KUPARUK, AK US weather station 22.1 miles from the ZIP centroid (NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals, retrieved May 8, 2026).
What taxes apply in ZIP 99519?
Alaska has no state income tax. The combined state and local sales tax rate is 1.82% (Tax Foundation 2025).
Does Alaska have paid family leave?
Alaska has no state paid family leave program (Bipartisan Policy Center 2026).
What data is available for ZIP 99519?
This page covers health outcomes from CDC PLACES (40 metrics), demographics from the Census ACS 5-Year (2022), colleges from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (4 institutions), local business & employment from Census ZIP Business Patterns (2022), federal disaster declarations from FEMA OpenFEMA (8 on record), climate normals from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020), and state-level tax rates from the Tax Foundation. Data is refreshed on Mubboo's standard schedule.
How current is this data?
Health data retrieved Apr 24, 2026 from CDC PLACES. Demographics retrieved Apr 30, 2026 from Census ACS 5-Year (2022). College data retrieved May 2, 2026 from U.S. Dept of Education College Scorecard. Business & employment retrieved May 3, 2026 from Census ZBP (2022). Federal disaster declarations retrieved May 3, 2026 from FEMA OpenFEMA (8 on record). Climate normals retrieved May 8, 2026 from NOAA NCEI (1991-2020). State-level tax rates retrieved 2026-05-05 15:58:22.284+00 from the Tax Foundation.
Other ZIPs near 99519
Other ZIPs in Prudhoe Bay
Nearby ZIPs by distance
99734 (Prudhoe Bay, 30.6 mi)
Compare ZIP-level stats — population, schools, housing, climate — across nearby areas. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ZCTA basemap.
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