Zip Code 61816 - Population, Income & Demographics

The median income of households in 61816 was $85,000. An estimated 1.3% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 8% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 80.7% of households received earnings. An estimated 28.7% of households received Social Security and an estimated 36 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $15,840. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2019-2023, 21.4 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 14.1% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 4.3% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 27.7% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2019-2023, 10 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 73.3% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 13.3% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 0% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 61816 in 2019-2023, 95.4% had health insurance coverage and 4.6% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 65.3% and public coverage was 44.2%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 11.1%.

In 2019-2023, 61816 had a total population of 412 - 193 (46.8%) females and 219 (53.2%) males. The median age was 42.6 years. An estimated 17.2% of the population was under 18 years, 31.6% was 19 to 44 years, 28.4% was 45 to 64 years, and 17 % was 65 years and older.

In 2019-2023, there were 150 households in 61816. The average household size was 2.75 people.

Married-couple households made up 67.3% of the households in 61816 while cohabiting couple households made up 0.7% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 15.3% of all households, while 16.7% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 7.3% of households were male householders living alone, and 8.7% were female householders living alone, for a total of 16% of all households.

In 61816, 24% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 30% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2019-2023, an estimated 99.5% of the people living in 61816 were U.S. natives. 84% of the 61816 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 0.5% of 61816 residents in 2019-2023 were foreign-born. 0% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 100 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 61816 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 61816.

Among people at least five years old living in 61816 in 2019-2023, 1.2 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 1.2% of people at least five years old; 0% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2019-2023, 91.2 % of the people at least one year old living in 61816 were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2019-2023, 91.8 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 19% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 8.2% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 61816 was 128 in 2019-2023. Nursery school enrollment was 1 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 85. College or graduate school enrollment was 42.

In 61816, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2019-2023, 16 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 7% of people under 18 years old, to 12.5% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 38.6% of those 65 and over.

In 61816, 59.4 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 38.3% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 79.1% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 18% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 1.9 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2019-2023, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 61816 worked in the following industries:

An estimated 88.3% of 61816 workers drove to work alone in 2019-2023, and 0% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 31.1 minutes to get to work.

In 2019-2023, 61816 had a total of 157 housing units. Of these housing units, 93% 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"). 2.5% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 4.5% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

4.5% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 39.5% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 61816 was 6.3 rooms, and of these housing units 75.1% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2019-2023, 61816 had 150 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 7 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 83.3% while renters occupied 16.7%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.77 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.64.

2% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 28.7% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 2% and another 37.3% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 61816:

In 2019-2023, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 61816 was $137,500.

Of the owner-occupied households, 42.4 % had a mortgage. 57.6% 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 $1,168 and for owners without a mortgage it was $650.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 61816 was $961. 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.