36539 Zip Code (AL) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 455
Zip code population in 2010: 802
Zip code population in 2000: 648

Houses and condos: 264
Renter-occupied apartments: 8
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 36539: 78.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 71.2 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.

Population density: 6 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2022:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $259 (0.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $381 (0.2%)

For population 25 years and over in 36539:

• High school or higher: 93.3%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.3%
• Graduate or professional degree: 3.8%
• Unemployed: 6.6%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 70.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 36539:

• Never married: 22.7%
• Now married: 50.5%
• Separated: 3.4%
• Widowed: 7.5%
• Divorced: 15.9%

• 
• • 34676.2%White
  • 6514.3%Hispanic or Latino
  • 367.9%Two or more races
  • 71.5%Black

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 36539, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $50,690 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$50,690
State:	$63,984

Salary/wage: $54,823 (reported on 75.9% of returns)

Here:	$54,823
State:	$52,834

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 942.9% for AGIs below $25k, 3676.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7513.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10495.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 16140.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $217 (reported on 20.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$217
Alabama:	$1,615

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 13.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 25.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$4,775 (reported on 13.8% of returns)

Here:	+$4,775
State:	+$9,534

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 272.9% for AGIs below $25k)

Earned income credit: $2,880 (reported on 17.2% of returns)

Here:	$2,880
State:	$2,628

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 205.7% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 93.1%

Here:	93%
State:	93%

(% for various income ranges: 90.0% for AGIs below $25k, 100.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 80.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 100.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 36539, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $49,452 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$49,452
State:	$52,001

Salary/wage: $49,750 (reported on 74.1% of returns)

Here:	$49,750
State:	$43,822

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 69.4% for AGIs below $25k, 86.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 82.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 90.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 62.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $225 (reported on 29.6% of returns)

This zip code:	$225
Alabama:	$1,592

Ordinary dividends: $900 (reported on 7.4% of returns)

Here:	$900
State:	$5,697

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$12,100 (reported on 7.4% of returns)

Here:	+$12,100
State:	+$13,286

Profit/loss from business: +$3,950 (reported on 14.8% of returns)

Here:	+$3,950
State:	+$9,151

Total itemized deductions: $18,971 (21% of AGI, reported on 25.9% of returns)

Here:	$18,971
State:	$21,388

Here:	21.4% of AGI
State:	20.1% of AGI

Charity contributions: $4,000 (reported on 18.5% of returns)

Here:	$4,000
State:	$5,925

Taxes paid: $4,043 (reported on 25.9% of returns)

36539:	$4,043
State:	$5,272

Earned income credit: $2,283 (reported on 22.2% of returns)

Here:	$2,283
State:	$2,646

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.2% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 74.1%

Here:	74%
State:	60%

(% for various income ranges: 72.7% for AGIs below $25k, 60.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 66.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 75.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 36539, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $32,047 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$32,047
State:	$42,302

Salary/wage: $31,335 (reported on 85.0% of returns)

Here:	$31,335
State:	$36,626

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 74.5% for AGIs below $10k, 79.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 90.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 97.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 60.9% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $351 (reported on 29.2% of returns)

This zip code:	$351
Alabama:	$1,827

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable dividends: $238 (reported on 8.3% of returns)

Here:	$238
State:	$4,206

Net capital gain/loss: +$2,250 (reported on 4.7% of returns)

Here:	+$2,250
State:	+$13,031

Profit/loss from business: +$7,543 (reported on 13.8% of returns)

Here:	+$7,543
State:	+$8,302

Total itemized deductions: $12,980 (22% of AGI, reported on 19.4% of returns)

Here:	$12,980
State:	$17,623

Here:	21.9% of AGI
State:	20.8% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 10.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 7.8% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $2,571 (5% of AGI, reported on 16.6% of returns)

Here:	$2,571
State:	$4,768

Here:	4.6% of AGI
State:	5.4% of AGI

Total tax: $3,257 (reported on 69.2% of returns)

36539:	$3,257
State:	$6,905

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.4% for AGIs below $10k, 4.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 4.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 12.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $2,062 (reported on 32.0% of returns)

Here:	$2,062
State:	$2,048

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 73.5%

Here:	74%
State:	65%

(% for various income ranges: 60.5% for AGIs below $10k, 73.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 76.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 85.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 68.8% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Nearest zip codes: 36518, 36584, 39362, 36529, 36583, 39322.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 2
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 180

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 12 (14 now married, 0 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 111 (36 now married, 75 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 36539 with a mortgage: 82
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,035
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $401

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 36539 household income distribution in 2022

• 28Less than $10,000
• 6$20,000 to $24,999
• 10$30,000 to $34,999
• 8$35,000 to $39,999
• 13$40,000 to $44,999
• 16$45,000 to $49,999
• 10$50,000 to $59,999
• 9$60,000 to $74,999
• 54$75,000 to $99,999
• 26$100,000 to $124,999
• 4$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 36539

• 27Less than $10,000
• 16$10,000 to $14,999
• 10$50,000 to $59,999
• 5$70,000 to $79,999
• 27$100,000 to $124,999
• 7$125,000 to $149,999
• 5$150,000 to $174,999
• 12$175,000 to $199,999
• 32$200,000 to $249,999
• 26$250,000 to $299,999

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2022 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $188,084
• Black or African American householders: $172,295

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $141,548

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $182,002

Here:	$182,002
State:	$273,076

Mobile homes: $59,197

Here:	$59,197
State:	$77,780

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 207
• Mobile homes: 56

Unemployment: 6.6%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 36539

• 95.1%122Drove a car alone
• 1.6%2Carpooled

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 36539

• 2310 to 14 minutes
• 1420 to 24 minutes
• 1930 to 34 minutes
• 2345 to 59 minutes
• 1760 to 89 minutes
• 2890 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 46.1%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 455

• Male householders: 121 (21 living alone), Female householders: 63 (29 living alone)

• 83 spouses (83 opposite-sex spouses), 0 unmarried partners, (0 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 151 children (151 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 0 foster children, 33 other relatives, 0 non-relatives

Size of family households: 49 2-persons, 53 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 1 5-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 50 1-person

8 married couples with children.
96 single-parent households (69 men, 27 women).

96.8% of residents of 36539 zip code speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• ESCATAWPA RIVER BRIDGE (WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMISSION in FRUITDALE, AL)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: BRIDGE, TUNNEL, AND ELEVATED HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION
  

• OIL SPILL (CLIBURN TANK LINES, INC.) (MM 50.9, HIGHWAY 45 in FRUITDALE, AL)

  FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-04-2005-5027, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 28.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 13.5%

Population in 1990: 848.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 267
• Midwest: 10
• South: 163

68% of the 36539 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Alabama.

95% of the 36539 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 93% moved from this county.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school):
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): Students in private undergraduate colleges:

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

Most common first names in zip code 36539 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Mary	6	75.7 years
George	5	77.8 years
Robert	5	69.2 years
William	4	75.5 years
James	3	70.7 years
Jesse	3	82.7 years
Roy	3	77.6 years
Walter	3	78.0 years
Claudia	2	76.5 years
Alvin	2	57.5 years

Most common last names in zip code 36539 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Williams	27	72.4 years
Coaker	12	77.2 years
Brown	9	77.7 years
Quiggle	6	86.4 years
Spotts	6	68.5 years
Loper	6	68.7 years
Hill	5	76.2 years
Milstead	4	76.0 years
Thornton	4	75.0 years
Turner	4	66.0 years