Zip Code 99126 - Population, Income & Demographics

The median income of households in 99126 was $42,935. An estimated 16.2% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 0% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 65.8% of households received earnings. An estimated 32.4% of households received Social Security and an estimated 21.5 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $12,042. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2019-2023, 37.5 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 51% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 25% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 27.8% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2019-2023, 20.1 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 40.4% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 38.6% 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 99126 in 2019-2023, 100% had health insurance coverage and 0% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 40.8% and public coverage was 68.8%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 0%.

In 2019-2023, 99126 had a total population of 926 - 531 (57.3%) females and 395 (42.7%) males. The median age was 36.3 years. An estimated 43% of the population was under 18 years, 12.2% was 19 to 44 years, 31.6% was 45 to 64 years, and 11.2 % was 65 years and older.

In 2019-2023, there were 284 households in 99126. The average household size was 3.26 people.

Married-couple households made up 72.9% of the households in 99126 while cohabiting couple households made up 0% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 4.9% of all households, while 22.2% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 12.7% of households were male householders living alone, and 4.9% were female householders living alone, for a total of 17.6% of all households.

In 99126, 39.8% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 25.7% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2019-2023, an estimated 94.3% of the people living in 99126 were U.S. natives. 59.4% of the 99126 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 5.7% of 99126 residents in 2019-2023 were foreign-born. 100% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 100 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 99126 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 99126.

Among people at least five years old living in 99126 in 2019-2023, 27.3 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 0% of people at least five years old; 8.3% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2019-2023, 88.8 % of the people at least one year old living in 99126 were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2019-2023, 83.7 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 13.8% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 16.3% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 99126 was 329 in 2019-2023. Nursery school enrollment was 9 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 320. College or graduate school enrollment was 0.

In 99126, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2019-2023, 6.9 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 0% of people under 18 years old, to 8% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 28.8% of those 65 and over.

In 99126, 42.6 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 57.4% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 81.2% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 18.8% 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 99126 worked in the following industries:

An estimated 94.6% of 99126 workers drove to work alone in 2019-2023, and 0% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 77.9 minutes to get to work.

In 2019-2023, 99126 had a total of 284 housing units. Of these housing units, 72.9% 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. 27.1% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

2.5% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 0% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 99126 was 5.7 rooms, and of these housing units 75.4% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2019-2023, 99126 had 284 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 89.8% while renters occupied 10.2%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 3.19 and in renter-occupied houses it was 3.86.

2.8% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 32.7% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 0% and another 44.4% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 99126:

In 2019-2023, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 99126 was $234,700.

Of the owner-occupied households, 22 % had a mortgage. 78% 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 $1,467 and for owners without a mortgage it was $426.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 99126 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.