Zip Code 55055 - Population, Income & Demographics

The median income of households in 55055 was $63,365. An estimated 5% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 8.1% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 71.3% of households received earnings. An estimated 34.6% of households received Social Security and an estimated 20.8 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $22,207. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2019-2023, 10.6 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 3.8% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 18.5% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 10.2% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2019-2023, 20.2 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 31.7% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 54.5% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 7.9% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 55055 in 2019-2023, 94.1% had health insurance coverage and 5.9% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 69.4% and public coverage was 36.2%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 12.3%.

In 2019-2023, 55055 had a total population of 4,460 - 2,088 (46.8%) females and 2,372 (53.2%) males. The median age was 37.6 years. An estimated 18.9% of the population was under 18 years, 39.5% was 19 to 44 years, 20.4% was 45 to 64 years, and 18.3 % was 65 years and older.

In 2019-2023, there were 2,001 households in 55055. The average household size was 2.22 people.

Married-couple households made up 43.8% of the households in 55055 while cohabiting couple households made up 8.1% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 24.7% of all households, while 23.3% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 17.3% of households were male householders living alone, and 15.9% were female householders living alone, for a total of 33.2% of all households.

In 55055, 26.4% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 29.7% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2019-2023, an estimated 91.1% of the people living in 55055 were U.S. natives. 70.7% of the 55055 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 8.9% of 55055 residents in 2019-2023 were foreign-born. 69.4% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 69.1 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 55055 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 55055.

Among people at least five years old living in 55055 in 2019-2023, 12.4 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 3.8% of people at least five years old; 7.3% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2019-2023, 83.5 % of the people at least one year old living in 55055 were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2019-2023, 92.3 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 25.5% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 7.7% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 55055 was 950 in 2019-2023. Nursery school enrollment was 49 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 665. College or graduate school enrollment was 236.

In 55055, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2019-2023, 17.5 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 8.2% of people under 18 years old, to 13.6% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 40.7% of those 65 and over.

In 55055, 59.4 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 36.9% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 87.9% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 6.5% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 5.6 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2019-2023, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 55055 worked in the following industries:

An estimated 66.9% of 55055 workers drove to work alone in 2019-2023, and 14.2% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 23.2 minutes to get to work.

In 2019-2023, 55055 had a total of 2,001 housing units. Of these housing units, 70.3% 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"). 29.6% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 0% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

10.2% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 6.9% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 55055 was 5.9 rooms, and of these housing units 56.9% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2019-2023, 55055 had 2,001 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 67.6% while renters occupied 32.4%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.55 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.53.

11.1% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 9.9% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 8.8% and another 20.8% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 55055:

In 2019-2023, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 55055 was $331,300.

Of the owner-occupied households, 66.3 % had a mortgage. 33.7% 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 $2,023 and for owners without a mortgage it was $693.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 55055 was $1,080. 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.