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99703

ZIP 99703 is Fort Wainwright, Alaska, in Fairbanks North Star Borough; area code 907; Alaska time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Anchorage
Population
8,304
Coordinates
64.8347, -147.6229
☼ Live from 99703 — Fort Wainwright, AK

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Where 99703 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 99703
  • 🔢 Type 99703 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: EOLGG — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 99,703 = 179 × 557. Its digits add up to 28, a total 1,520 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 11000010101110111
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 99702 (Eielson Afb, AK, 21 mi away) and 99704 (Clear, AK, 60 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 99703 becomes 30799, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 19 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (07399, 07939, 37909, 39079, 39097, 73099, …). The farthest-flung twin is 07399 in Jersey City, NJ, 3,248 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 99% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 99%.
  • 🎯2,588 miles northwest of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 99703 and you would come out at 64.83°S, 32.38°E — 1,735 miles from Port-aux-Français, French Southern Territories, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 21h 50m of daylight. Shortest: 3h 41m.
  • 📏 At 9.7 square miles of land, 99703 is bigger than 27% of ZIP codes — room for about 7.3 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population8,304This ZIP8,304
Households1,848This ZIP1,848
Housing units2,006This ZIP2,006
Median age22.8This ZIP22.8Alaska35.8US 38.9
Median household income$68,667This ZIP$68,667Alaska$92,788US $80,734
Median gross rent$2,239This ZIP$2,239Alaska$1,419US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher29.2%This ZIP29.2%
Mean commute10.7 minThis ZIP10.7 min
Population density858.4 / sq miThis ZIP858.4 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments31This ZIP31
Employees834This ZIP834
Annual payroll$83,749,000This ZIP$83,749,000
Tax returns filed3,030This ZIP3,030
Total adjusted gross income$150,351,000This ZIP$150,351,000

Land area

Land area9.67 sq miThis ZIP9.67 sq mi
Water area0.36 sq miThis ZIP0.36 sq mi

Other place names in 99703

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 99703

ZIPCityDistance
99710 Fairbanks, AK 2.8 mi
99711 Fairbanks, AK 2.8 mi
99775 Fairbanks, AK 6.4 mi
99708 Fairbanks, AK 10.4 mi
99705 North Pole, AK 11.3 mi
99725 Ester, AK 11.9 mi
99709 Fairbanks, AK 15.7 mi
99702 Eielson Afb, AK 21.2 mi
99716 Two Rivers, AK 21.5 mi
99714 Salcha, AK 45.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 99703?

99703 is in Fort Wainwright, Alaska, in Fairbanks North Star Borough, part of the Fairbanks-College, AK metropolitan area. Its published point location is 64.8347, -147.6229.

What county is 99703 in?

99703 lies in Fairbanks North Star Borough.

What area code is 99703?

Fort Wainwright uses area code 907, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 99703 in?

99703 uses America/Anchorage.

How many people live in 99703?

About 8,304 people live in ZIP code 99703, in 1,848 households, at 858.4 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 99703?

$68,667 a year, against $92,788 across Alaska.

What ZIP codes are near 99703?

The closest are 99710 (2.8 mi), 99711 (2.8 mi), 99775 (6.4 mi), 99708 (10.4 mi) and 99705 (11.3 mi).

Is 99703 a PO Box ZIP code?

99703 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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