Zip Code 51231 - Population, Income & Demographics

The median income of households in 51231 was $105,388. An estimated 2.6% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 0% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 86.8% of households received earnings. An estimated 25% of households received Social Security and an estimated 16.4 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $21,468. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2019-2023, 28 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 39.8% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 0% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 18.3% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2019-2023, 1.3 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 50% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 0% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 50% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 51231 in 2019-2023, 76.6% had health insurance coverage and 23.4% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 62.6% and public coverage was 17.7%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 32.7%.

In 2019-2023, 51231 had a total population of 543 - 212 (39%) females and 331 (61%) males. The median age was 16.3 years. An estimated 52.3% of the population was under 18 years, 31.9% was 19 to 44 years, 7.3% was 45 to 64 years, and 8.5 % was 65 years and older.

In 2019-2023, there were 152 households in 51231. The average household size was 3.57 people.

Married-couple households made up 80.3% of the households in 51231 while cohabiting couple households made up 0% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 4.6% of all households, while 15.1% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 15.1% of households were male householders living alone, and 3.3% were female householders living alone, for a total of 18.4% of all households.

In 51231, 65.1% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 23% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2019-2023, an estimated 99.6% of the people living in 51231 were U.S. natives. 86.2% of the 51231 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 0.4% of 51231 residents in 2019-2023 were foreign-born. 0% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 0 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 51231 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 51231.

Among people at least five years old living in 51231 in 2019-2023, 1.5 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 1.5% of people at least five years old; 0% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2019-2023, 99.1 % of the people at least one year old living in 51231 were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2019-2023, 98 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 34.9% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 2% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 51231 was 190 in 2019-2023. Nursery school enrollment was 42 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 140. College or graduate school enrollment was 8.

In 51231, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2019-2023, 9.6 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 8.5% of people under 18 years old, to 5.2% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 37% of those 65 and over.

In 51231, 73.6 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 26.1% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 74.4% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 12.3% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 13.3 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2019-2023, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 51231 worked in the following industries:

An estimated 88.7% of 51231 workers drove to work alone in 2019-2023, and 5.4% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 26 minutes to get to work.

In 2019-2023, 51231 had a total of 154 housing units. Of these housing units, 99.3% 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. 0.6% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

6.5% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 22.1% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 51231 was 5.6 rooms, and of these housing units 40.9% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2019-2023, 51231 had 152 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 2 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 93.4% while renters occupied 6.6%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 3.63 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.7.

3.3% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 11.8% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 0% and another 71.7% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 51231:

In 2019-2023, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 51231 was $179,600.

Of the owner-occupied households, 57 % had a mortgage. 43% 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 $1,572 and for owners without a mortgage it was $821.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 51231 was $NaN. 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.