Zip Code 79739 - Population, Income & Demographics

The median income of households in 79739 was $118,906. An estimated 1.1% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 19.8% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 84.6% of households received earnings. An estimated 29.6% of households received Social Security and an estimated 17.6 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $36,025. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2019-2023, 7.7 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 7.2% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 2.7% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 8.9% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2019-2023, 10.1 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 100% 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 0% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 79739 in 2019-2023, 77.6% had health insurance coverage and 22.4% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 66.6% and public coverage was 17.1%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 41.8%.

In 2019-2023, 79739 had a total population of 862 - 370 (42.9%) females and 492 (57.1%) males. The median age was 36.5 years. An estimated 25.8% of the population was under 18 years, 35.2% was 19 to 44 years, 26% was 45 to 64 years, and 12.8 % was 65 years and older.

In 2019-2023, there were 358 households in 79739. The average household size was 2.41 people.

Married-couple households made up 69.3% of the households in 79739 while cohabiting couple households made up 0% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 8.9% of all households, while 21.8% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 11.7% of households were male householders living alone, and 8.9% were female householders living alone, for a total of 20.6% of all households.

In 79739, 38% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 21.8% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2019-2023, an estimated 90.7% of the people living in 79739 were U.S. natives. 73.8% of the 79739 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 9.3% of 79739 residents in 2019-2023 were foreign-born. 13.8% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 100 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 79739 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 79739.

Among people at least five years old living in 79739 in 2019-2023, 26.7 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 17% of people at least five years old; 9.5% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2019-2023, 95.3 % of the people at least one year old living in 79739 were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2019-2023, 88.8 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 43.8% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 11.2% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 79739 was 156 in 2019-2023. Nursery school enrollment was 33 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 121. College or graduate school enrollment was 2.

In 79739, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2019-2023, 6.8 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 4.5% of people under 18 years old, to 4.7% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 21.8% of those 65 and over.

In 79739, 58.2 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 41.8% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 72.3% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 15.8% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 9.9 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2019-2023, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 79739 worked in the following industries:

An estimated 78.8% of 79739 workers drove to work alone in 2019-2023, and 5.4% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 28.7 minutes to get to work.

In 2019-2023, 79739 had a total of 363 housing units. Of these housing units, 93.1% 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. 6.9% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

17.6% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 5.8% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 79739 was 5.3 rooms, and of these housing units 94.2% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2019-2023, 79739 had 358 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 5 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 60.9% while renters occupied 39.1%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.71 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.94.

7% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 19.3% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 0% and another 45.8% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 79739:

In 2019-2023, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 79739 was $237,800.

Of the owner-occupied households, 30.3 % had a mortgage. 69.7% 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 $867 and for owners without a mortgage it was $652.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 79739 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.