Zip Code 38553 - Population, Income & Demographics

The median income of households in 38553 was $62,727. An estimated 8.6% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 1.7% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 55.8% of households received earnings. An estimated 44.3% of households received Social Security and an estimated 36.6 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $27,122. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2019-2023, 9.9 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 7.5% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 15.8% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 8% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2019-2023, 15.4 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 59.7% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 27% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 30.8% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 38553 in 2019-2023, 92.7% had health insurance coverage and 7.3% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 46.6% and public coverage was 61.2%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 0%.

In 2019-2023, 38553 had a total population of 2,541 - 1,308 (51.5%) females and 1,233 (48.5%) males. The median age was 41.9 years. An estimated 21.7% of the population was under 18 years, 33.9% was 19 to 44 years, 18.2% was 45 to 64 years, and 25.3 % was 65 years and older.

In 2019-2023, there were 1,030 households in 38553. The average household size was 2.46 people.

Married-couple households made up 35.1% of the households in 38553 while cohabiting couple households made up 12.6% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 20.4% of all households, while 31.8% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 26.9% of households were male householders living alone, and 9.2% were female householders living alone, for a total of 36.1% of all households.

In 38553, 35.1% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 40.7% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2019-2023, an estimated 100% of the people living in 38553 were U.S. natives. 72.8% of the 38553 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 0% of 38553 residents in 2019-2023 were foreign-born. NaN% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated NaN % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 38553 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2019-2023 for 38553.

Among people at least five years old living in 38553 in 2019-2023, 0 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 0% of people at least five years old; 0% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2019-2023, 94.1 % of the people at least one year old living in 38553 were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2019-2023, 81.6 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 29.1% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 18.5% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 38553 was 535 in 2019-2023. Nursery school enrollment was 44 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 418. College or graduate school enrollment was 73.

In 38553, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2019-2023, 19.5 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 0% of people under 18 years old, to 9.2% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 57.6% of those 65 and over.

In 38553, 45.9 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 49.1% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 51.2% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 28.6% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 20.1 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2019-2023, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 38553 worked in the following industries:

An estimated 87.5% of 38553 workers drove to work alone in 2019-2023, and 0% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 32.7 minutes to get to work.

In 2019-2023, 38553 had a total of 1,030 housing units. Of these housing units, 84.4% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 0% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 8.1% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

21.7% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 2.1% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 38553 was 5.4 rooms, and of these housing units 52.7% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2019-2023, 38553 had 1,030 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 0 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 91.7% while renters occupied 8.3%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.4 and in renter-occupied houses it was 3.15.

17.6% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 5.7% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 2% and another 23.8% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 38553:

In 2019-2023, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 38553 was $164,400.

Of the owner-occupied households, 47.6 % had a mortgage. 52.4% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $698 and for owners without a mortgage it was $317.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 38553 was $960. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.