North Pole, Alaska

North Pole population, 2020 to 2024

North Pole added 263 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +11.7%. In the latest year it moved by +83.

North Pole covers 4.09 square miles of land, for 612 people per square mile of land. The median Alaska place of 5,000+ has 445, so North Pole is denser than the typical town.

What county North Pole is in

All of North Pole's residents live in Fairbanks North Star, which had 94,951 residents in 2024. North Pole holds 2.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in North Pole

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps North Pole by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 99705. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where North Pole is

The Census internal point of North Pole is at 64.752700, -147.362700. Juneau, the capital, is 614.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Fairbanks, AK (31,732 people), 10.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Anchorage, AK, 254.5 miles away.

Daylight in North Pole

At 64.75° N, North Pole gets about 21 h 44 min of daylight around the June solstice and 3 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 17 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near North Pole

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alaska, measured between internal points. The closest is Fairbanks, 10.3 miles away, with 31,732 people.