62942 Zip Code (Grand Tower, IL) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 557
Zip code population in 2010: 707
Zip code population in 2000: 742

Houses and condos: 288
Renter-occupied apartments: 44
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 62942: 82.4 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 32.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.7 sq. mi.

Population density: 17 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: $832 (2.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $432 (1.8%)

For population 25 years and over in 62942:

• High school or higher: 89.6%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.1%
• Graduate or professional degree: 0.6%
• Unemployed: 6.5%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 39.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 62942:

• Never married: 31.6%
• Now married: 41.1%
• Separated: 3.7%
• Widowed: 7.1%
• Divorced: 16.5%

• 
• • 51492.6%White
  • 407.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 10.2%Two or more races

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 62942, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $42,626 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$42,626
State:	$82,626

Salary/wage: $35,147 (reported on 82.6% of returns)

Here:	$35,147
State:	$66,640

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 941.2% for AGIs below $25k, 2620.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 4830.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9680.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $425 (reported on 17.4% of returns)

This zip code:	$425
Illinois:	$2,376

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 18.8% for AGIs below $25k, 6.7% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Earned income credit: $2,280 (reported on 21.7% of returns)

Here:	$2,280
State:	$2,311

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 142.5% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 95.7%

Here:	96%
State:	93%

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

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 62942, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $35,483 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$35,483
State:	$68,058

Salary/wage: $34,353 (reported on 79.2% of returns)

Here:	$34,353
State:	$55,396

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 67.6% for AGIs below $25k, 67.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 79.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 88.9% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $225 (reported on 16.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$225
Illinois:	$1,969

Ordinary dividends: $500 (reported on 12.5% of returns)

Here:	$500
State:	$7,786

Profit/loss from business: +$5,250 (reported on 8.3% of returns)

Here:	+$5,250
State:	+$12,903

Earned income credit: $2,517 (reported on 25.0% of returns)

Here:	$2,517
State:	$2,349

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.0% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 45.8%

Here:	46%
State:	57%

(% for various income ranges: 41.7% for AGIs below $25k, 50.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 75.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 62942, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $31,608 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$31,608
State:	$54,625

Salary/wage: $30,820 (reported on 83.8% of returns)

Here:	$30,820
State:	$46,811

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 94.3% for AGIs below $10k, 69.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 75.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 85.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 94.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $545 (reported on 31.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$545
Illinois:	$2,101

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.7% for AGIs below $10k, 1.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable dividends: $658 (reported on 13.7% of returns)

Here:	$658
State:	$4,306

Net capital gain/loss: +$143 (reported on 5.0% of returns)

Here:	+$143
State:	+$17,321

Profit/loss from business: +$1,000 (reported on 5.8% of returns)

Here:	+$1,000
State:	+$11,771

Total itemized deductions: $11,312 (22% of AGI, reported on 5.8% of returns)

Here:	$11,312
State:	$20,239

Here:	22.2% of AGI
State:	19.5% of AGI

Total tax: $3,181 (reported on 71.6% of returns)

62942:	$3,181
State:	$9,882

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.2% for AGIs below $10k, 3.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $1,707 (reported on 20.9% of returns)

Here:	$1,707
State:	$1,788

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 54.3%

Here:	54%
State:	61%

(% for various income ranges: 45.8% for AGIs below $10k, 51.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 62.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 53.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 61.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Nearest zip codes: 62975, 62940, 63732, 62950, 62998, 62905.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 52
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 177

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 8 (0 now married, 8 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 136 (63 now married, 72 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 62942 with a mortgage: 72
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $792
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $303

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 62942 household income distribution in 2022

• 19Less than $10,000
• 13$10,000 to $14,999
• 21$15,000 to $19,999
• 1$20,000 to $24,999
• 5$25,000 to $29,999
• 17$30,000 to $34,999
• 7$35,000 to $39,999
• 1$40,000 to $44,999
• 13$45,000 to $49,999
• 13$50,000 to $59,999
• 25$60,000 to $74,999
• 49$75,000 to $99,999
• 12$100,000 to $124,999
• 7$125,000 to $149,999
• 19$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 62942

• 6Less than $10,000
• 29$10,000 to $14,999
• 33$15,000 to $19,999
• 23$20,000 to $24,999
• 2$25,000 to $29,999
• 19$30,000 to $34,999
• 1$35,000 to $39,999
• 22$40,000 to $49,999
• 3$50,000 to $59,999
• 13$60,000 to $69,999
• 8$80,000 to $89,999
• 13$100,000 to $124,999
• 3$200,000 to $249,999
• 2$400,000 to $499,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 62942

• 4$250 to $299
• 9$300 to $349
• 5$350 to $399
• 4$450 to $499
• 20No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $625.

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

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $30,229

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $29,780 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $17,750 - $50,710

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $51,094

Here:	$51,094
State:	$310,164

Mobile homes: $69,772

Here:	$69,772
State:	$78,855

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 214
• One, attached: 5
• Two: 10
• 3 or 4: 11
• Mobile homes: 42

Unemployment: 6.5%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 62942

• 85.5%224Drove a car alone
• 10.7%28Carpooled
• 0.4%1Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 62942

• 22Less than 5 minutes
• 75 to 9 minutes
• 310 to 14 minutes
• 3215 to 19 minutes
• 1620 to 24 minutes
• 2825 to 29 minutes
• 4730 to 34 minutes
• 2035 to 39 minutes
• 940 to 44 minutes
• 2045 to 59 minutes
• 1360 to 89 minutes
• 2790 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 60.5%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 557

• Male householders: 72 (20 living alone), Female householders: 157 (37 living alone)

• 82 spouses (82 opposite-sex spouses), 63 unmarried partners, (63 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 173 children (155 natural, 0 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 foster children, 6 other relatives, 6 non-relatives

Size of family households: 64 2-persons, 34 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 8 6-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 57 1-person, 34 2-persons, 2 3-persons

28 married couples with children.
97 single-parent households (51 men, 46 women).

94.6% of residents of 62942 zip code speak English at home.
4.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% very well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• AMEREN CIPS - GRAND TOWER (1820 POWER PLANT ROAD in GRAND TOWER, IL)

  STATE MASTER (Illinois EPA Project) - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit
  AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS)
  AIR PROGRAM (Clean Air Markets Division Business System)
  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  AIR MAJOR ("Best Available" air pollution technologies tracking)
  Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  USED OIL PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities)
  Business SIC classification: ELECTRIC SERVICES
  Business NAICS classification: FOSSIL FUEL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION.
  Organizations: GRAND TOWER POWER STATION (CONTACT/OPERATOR) , AMEREN ENERGY GENERATING CO (CONTACT/OWNER) , CENTRAL ILL PUBLIC SERVICE (CONTACT/OWNER) , AMEREN ENERGY GENERATING COMPANY (OWNER/OPERATOR)
  Alternative names: AMEREN CORP. GRAND TOWER POWER STATION, AMEREN ENERGY GENERATING, CIPS - GRAND TOWER POWER STATION, CIPS - GRAND TOWER POWER STATION, CEN ILL PUB SER CO GRAND TOWER PWR STA, GRAND TOWER POWER PLANT

• GRAND TOWER STP (SOUTH RAILROAD STREET in GRAND TOWER, IL)

  STATE MASTER (Illinois EPA Project) - National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
  Alternative names: GRAND TOWER STP, CITY OF, GRAND TOWER STP, VILLAGE OF

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 16.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 6.9%

Population in 1990: 903.

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

• This state: 443
• Northeast: 2
• Midwest: 70
• South: 5
• West: 11

70% of the 62942 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Illinois.

98% of the 62942 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 14% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% moved from different state.

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): 11 Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

• VIRGINIA M PENROD (602 MAIN STREET # 172 in GRAND TOWER, IL; small business) : $23,776 in 7 contracts from 2003 to 2004

  Contracts for Operation of Government-Owned Facilities -- Recreation Facilities (Non-Building) by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only, Army
  Signed by year: 2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $8,100; 2004: $15,676; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
  
  Biggest contracts:
  $8,138 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Operation of Government-Owned Facilities -- Recreation Facilities (Non-Building). Signed on 2003-03-04. Completion date: 2001-10-31.
  $7,605 with Army for Operation of Government-Owned Facilities -- Recreation Facilities (Non-Building). Signed on 2004-02-04. Completion date: 2004-10-31.
  $7,605 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Operation of Government-Owned Facilities -- Recreation Facilities (Non-Building). Signed on 2004-02-04. Completion date: 2004-10-31.
  $233 with Army for Operation of Government-Owned Facilities -- Recreation Facilities (Non-Building). Signed on 2004-12-06. Completion date: 2004-10-31.
  

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

• Utilities: Electric Power Distribution (20-49 employees: 1 establishment)
• Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (10-19: 1)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: All Other Outpatient Care Centers (1-4: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 62942 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
John	11	76.8 years
Mary	10	82.7 years
Charles	8	73.7 years
Robert	7	70.7 years
James	5	72.2 years
Harold	4	83.2 years
Frank	4	70.2 years
Beulah	4	67.5 years
Fred	4	71.5 years
Elmer	4	78.3 years

Most common last names in zip code 62942 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Qualls	15	76.7 years
Cripps	10	68.4 years
Ellet	7	76.6 years
Huffman	6	74.4 years
Baltzell	6	61.6 years
Robertson	5	65.4 years
Bridgeman	5	79.8 years
Russell	5	75.6 years
Cavaness	4	78.8 years
Hudson	4	79.3 years