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99549

ZIP 99549 is Port Heiden, Alaska, in Lake and Peninsula Borough; Alaska time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Anchorage
Metro area
none
Population
73
Coordinates
56.9652, -158.5864
☼ Live from 99549 — Port Heiden, AK

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Where 99549 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 99549
  • 🔢 Type 99549 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: GhSGG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 99,549 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 1229. Its digits add up to 36, a total 149 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000010011011101
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 99548 (Chignik Lake, AK, 49 mi away) and 99550 (Port Lions, AK, 222 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 99549 becomes 94599 — and that is a real ZIP code: Yountville, CA, 2,077 miles away.
  • 👥 5 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (45999, 49599, 49959, 94599, 95949). The farthest-flung twin is 45999 in Cincinnati, OH, 3,440 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 99%.
  • 🎯2,884 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 99549 and you would come out at 56.97°S, 21.41°E — 1,598 miles from Cape Town, South Africa, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 17h 53m of daylight. Shortest: 6h 43m.
  • 📏 At 46.8 square miles of land, 99549 is bigger than 58% of ZIP codes — room for about 36 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population73This ZIP73
Households22This ZIP22
Housing units50This ZIP50
Median age29.8This ZIP29.8Alaska35.8US 38.9
Median household income$61,250This ZIP$61,250Alaska$92,788US $80,734
Median home value$130,000This ZIP$130,000Alaska$352,900US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher0.0%
Mean commute6.2 minThis ZIP6.2 min
Population density1.6 / sq miThis ZIP1.6 / sq mi

Land area

Land area46.82 sq miThis ZIP46.82 sq mi
Water area0.60 sq miThis ZIP0.60 sq mi

Other place names in 99549

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ZIP codes near 99549

ZIPCityDistance
99565 Chignik Lagoon, AK 45.8 mi
99564 Chignik, AK 46.9 mi
99548 Chignik Lake, AK 48.5 mi
99649 Pilot Point, AK 61.3 mi
99648 Perryville, AK 74.5 mi
99695 Anchorage, AK 80.2 mi
99579 Egegik, AK 96.6 mi
99628 Manokotak, AK 122.3 mi
99569 Clarks Point, AK 127.1 mi
99670 South Naknek, AK 131.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 99549?

99549 is in Port Heiden, Alaska, in Lake and Peninsula Borough. Its published point location is 56.9652, -158.5864.

What county is 99549 in?

99549 lies in Lake and Peninsula Borough.

What time zone is 99549 in?

99549 uses America/Anchorage.

How many people live in 99549?

About 73 people live in ZIP code 99549, in 22 households, at 1.6 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 99549?

$61,250 a year, against $92,788 across Alaska.

What ZIP codes are near 99549?

The closest are 99565 (45.8 mi), 99564 (46.9 mi), 99548 (48.5 mi), 99649 (61.3 mi) and 99648 (74.5 mi).

Is 99549 a PO Box ZIP code?

99549 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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