Zip Code 61359 - Population, Income & Demographics

The median income of households in 61359 was $47,151. An estimated 2.3% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 6.4% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 51.2% of households received earnings. An estimated 58.1% of households received Social Security and an estimated 43 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $24,636. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2019-2023, 14.6 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 12.3% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 7.4% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 20.8% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2019-2023, 8.7 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 46.7% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 80% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 53.3% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 61359 in 2019-2023, 95.9% had health insurance coverage and 4.1% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 77.6% and public coverage was 51.1%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 0%.

In 2019-2023, 61359 had a total population of 362 - 185 (51.1%) females and 177 (48.9%) males. The median age was 45.9 years. An estimated 20.2% of the population was under 18 years, 26.2% was 19 to 44 years, 18.7% was 45 to 64 years, and 33.4 % was 65 years and older.

In 2019-2023, there were 172 households in 61359. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Married-couple households made up 39.5% of the households in 61359 while cohabiting couple households made up 12.8% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 15.1% of all households, while 32.6% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 32% of households were male householders living alone, and 7.6% were female householders living alone, for a total of 39.6% of all households.

In 61359, 27.9% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 57.6% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2019-2023, an estimated 96.4% of the people living in 61359 were U.S. natives. 89.2% of the 61359 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 3.6% of 61359 residents in 2019-2023 were foreign-born. 61.5% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 100 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 61359 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 61359.

Among people at least five years old living in 61359 in 2019-2023, 5 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 2% of people at least five years old; 1.2% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2019-2023, 86.7 % of the people at least one year old living in 61359 were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2019-2023, 89.7 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 8.4% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 10.3% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 61359 was 64 in 2019-2023. Nursery school enrollment was 5 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 52. College or graduate school enrollment was 7.

In 61359, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2019-2023, 15.7 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 5.5% of people under 18 years old, to 14.3% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 24% of those 65 and over.

In 61359, 50.3 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 44.9% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 91.3% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 8.7% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 0 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2019-2023, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 61359 worked in the following industries:

An estimated 93.2% of 61359 workers drove to work alone in 2019-2023, and 1.4% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 16.5 minutes to get to work.

In 2019-2023, 61359 had a total of 181 housing units. Of these housing units, 93.4% 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. 6.6% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

1.7% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 45.9% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 61359 was 5.8 rooms, and of these housing units 39.8% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2019-2023, 61359 had 172 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 9 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 84.3% while renters occupied 15.7%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.1 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.11.

1.2% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 15.7% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 1.7% and another 19.8% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 61359:

In 2019-2023, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 61359 was $95,500.

Of the owner-occupied households, 58.6 % had a mortgage. 41.4% 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 $799 and for owners without a mortgage it was $441.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 61359 was $682. 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.