Zip Code 74727 - Population, Income & Demographics

The median income of households in 74727 was $44,432. An estimated 8.2% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 3% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 64.1% of households received earnings. An estimated 43.9% of households received Social Security and an estimated 21.3 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $20,144. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2019-2023, 25.4 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 30.5% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 16.2% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 27.3% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2019-2023, 18.5 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 36.6% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 38.4% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 23.2% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 74727 in 2019-2023, 81.5% had health insurance coverage and 18.5% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 46.5% and public coverage was 50.3%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 7.8%.

In 2019-2023, 74727 had a total population of 2,040 - 1,060 (52%) females and 980 (48%) males. The median age was 40.4 years. An estimated 24.4% of the population was under 18 years, 27.2% was 19 to 44 years, 20.1% was 45 to 64 years, and 23.9 % was 65 years and older.

In 2019-2023, there were 888 households in 74727. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Married-couple households made up 41.6% of the households in 74727 while cohabiting couple households made up 8.4% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 30.4% of all households, while 19.6% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 16.8% of households were male householders living alone, and 20.7% were female householders living alone, for a total of 37.5% of all households.

In 74727, 24.8% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 42.5% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2019-2023, an estimated 97.3% of the people living in 74727 were U.S. natives. 57.8% of the 74727 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 2.7% of 74727 residents in 2019-2023 were foreign-born. 26.8% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 89.3 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 74727 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 74727.

Among people at least five years old living in 74727 in 2019-2023, 6.2 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 4.8% of people at least five years old; 1.4% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2019-2023, 93.8 % of the people at least one year old living in 74727 were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2019-2023, 82.5 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 19.2% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 17.5% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 74727 was 498 in 2019-2023. Nursery school enrollment was 59 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 372. College or graduate school enrollment was 67.

In 74727, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2019-2023, 21.1 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 10% of people under 18 years old, to 19.2% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 36.8% of those 65 and over.

In 74727, 51.1 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 47.3% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 71.2% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 20.4% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 8.4 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2019-2023, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 74727 worked in the following industries:

An estimated 80.3% of 74727 workers drove to work alone in 2019-2023, and 15.8% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 27.5 minutes to get to work.

In 2019-2023, 74727 had a total of 1,052 housing units. Of these housing units, 78% 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"). 4.1% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 18% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

12.9% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 4.4% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 74727 was 5.3 rooms, and of these housing units 73.9% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2019-2023, 74727 had 888 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 164 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 64.4% while renters occupied 35.6%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.4 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.11.

6.6% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 12.5% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 5.3% and another 23.6% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 74727:

In 2019-2023, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 74727 was $97,200.

Of the owner-occupied households, 33.9 % had a mortgage. 66.1% 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 $1,063 and for owners without a mortgage it was $368.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 74727 was $660. 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.