71237 Zip Code (Epps, LA) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 1,246
Zip code population in 2010: 1,578
Zip code population in 2000: 1,873

Houses and condos: 499
Renter-occupied apartments: 161
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 71237: 80.8 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 64.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.

Population density: 19 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 no mortgage in 2022: $245 (0.2%)

For population 25 years and over in 71237:

• High school or higher: 77.7%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.8%
• Graduate or professional degree: 5.2%
• Unemployed: 8.9%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 29.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 71237:

• Never married: 37.2%
• Now married: 40.5%
• Separated: 1.4%
• Widowed: 7.8%
• Divorced: 13.0%

• 
• • 67454.2%White
  • 39231.5%Black
  • 17213.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 20.2%American Indian
  • 30.2%Two or more races

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 71237, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $40,350 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$40,350
State:	$60,757

Salary/wage: $36,691 (reported on 82.5% of returns)

Here:	$36,691
State:	$50,882

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1285.4% for AGIs below $25k, 4478.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5272.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 15720.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $600 (reported on 20.0% of returns)

This zip code:	$600
Louisiana:	$1,576

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 50.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Profit/loss from business: +$5,560 (reported on 12.5% of returns)

Here:	+$5,560
State:	+$7,679

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 113.1% for AGIs below $25k, 163.8% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Earned income credit: $2,215 (reported on 32.5% of returns)

Here:	$2,215
State:	$2,671

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 153.1% for AGIs below $25k, 111.2% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 95.0%

Here:	95%
State:	92%

(% for various income ranges: 94.1% for AGIs below $25k, 91.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 100.0% 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 71237, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $38,757 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$38,757
State:	$56,730

Salary/wage: $32,781 (reported on 91.3% of returns)

Here:	$32,781
State:	$45,545

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 86.3% for AGIs below $25k, 82.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 82.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 80.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 63.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $250 (reported on 17.4% of returns)

This zip code:	$250
Louisiana:	$1,804

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.3% for AGIs below $25k, 0.1% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Ordinary dividends: $750 (reported on 4.3% of returns)

Here:	$750
State:	$7,610

Profit/loss from business: +$2,560 (reported on 10.9% of returns)

Here:	+$2,560
State:	+$12,088

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $12,200 (reported on 4.3% of returns)

71237:	$12,200
Louisiana:	$16,085

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.6% for AGIs below $25k)

Total itemized deductions: $23,617 (28% of AGI, reported on 13.0% of returns)

Here:	$23,617
State:	$23,585

Here:	27.9% of AGI
State:	18.1% of AGI

Charity contributions: $7,600 (reported on 6.5% of returns)

Here:	$7,600
State:	$5,533

Taxes paid: $3,067 (reported on 13.0% of returns)

71237:	$3,067
State:	$6,282

Earned income credit: $2,618 (reported on 37.0% of returns)

Here:	$2,618
State:	$2,633

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 11.8% for AGIs below $25k, 1.5% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 65.2%

Here:	65%
State:	57%

(% for various income ranges: 56.5% for AGIs below $25k, 66.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 80.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 100.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 75.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 71237, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $22,880 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$22,880
State:	$39,411

Salary/wage: $22,280 (reported on 86.8% of returns)

Here:	$22,280
State:	$34,434

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 100.2% for AGIs below $10k, 86.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 81.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 88.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 74.6% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $626 (reported on 16.2% of returns)

This zip code:	$626
Louisiana:	$1,606

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.7% for AGIs below $10k, 0.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable dividends: $385 (reported on 4.6% of returns)

Here:	$385
State:	$3,235

Profit/loss from business: +$1,442 (reported on 9.3% of returns)

Here:	+$1,442
State:	+$9,128

Total itemized deductions: $16,551 (34% of AGI, reported on 8.8% of returns)

Here:	$16,551
State:	$18,222

Here:	34.0% of AGI
State:	20.3% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $4,100 (8% of AGI, reported on 5.4% of returns)

Here:	$4,100
State:	$4,190

Here:	7.8% of AGI
State:	4.4% of AGI

Total tax: $2,633 (reported on 52.5% of returns)

71237:	$2,633
State:	$6,529

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.6% for AGIs below $10k, 2.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 12.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $2,226 (reported on 40.4% of returns)

Here:	$2,226
State:	$2,103

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 65.7%

Here:	66%
State:	61%

(% for various income ranges: 58.4% for AGIs below $10k, 62.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 79.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 72.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 78.9% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Nearest zip codes: 71266, 71232, 71261, 71264, 71263, 71286.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 116
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 296

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 6 (0 now married, 6 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 196 (92 now married, 103 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 71237 with a mortgage: 38
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2022:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2022:

• Zip code 71237 household income distribution in 2022

• 39Less than $10,000
• 39$10,000 to $14,999
• 41$15,000 to $19,999
• 15$20,000 to $24,999
• 23$30,000 to $34,999
• 6$35,000 to $39,999
• 31$40,000 to $44,999
• 38$45,000 to $49,999
• 24$50,000 to $59,999
• 52$60,000 to $74,999
• 19$75,000 to $99,999
• 9$100,000 to $124,999
• 12$125,000 to $149,999
• 13$150,000 to $199,999
• 40$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 71237

• 10Less than $10,000
• 6$10,000 to $14,999
• 11$15,000 to $19,999
• 4$20,000 to $24,999
• 4$25,000 to $29,999
• 7$35,000 to $39,999
• 1$40,000 to $49,999
• 6$50,000 to $59,999
• 14$60,000 to $69,999
• 31$80,000 to $89,999
• 3$90,000 to $99,999
• 69$100,000 to $124,999
• 5$125,000 to $149,999
• 4$150,000 to $174,999
• 5$175,000 to $199,999
• 4$200,000 to $249,999
• 23$250,000 to $299,999
• 6$300,000 to $399,999
• 5$400,000 to $499,999
• 6$750,000 to $999,999
• 2$1,000,000 to $1,499,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 71237

• 18$300 to $349
• 2$400 to $449
• 22$450 to $499
• 2$550 to $599
• 10$650 to $699
• 5$700 to $749
• 5$1,250 to $1,499
• 97No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $963.

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

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $134,786
• Black or African American householders: $67,793

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $111,299 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $68,223 - $141,004

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $162,714

Here:	$162,714
State:	$273,555

Mobile homes: $130,783

Here:	$130,783
State:	$89,857

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 295
• 3 or 4: 5
• Mobile homes: 199

Unemployment: 8.9%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 71237

• 86.7%308Drove a car alone
• 1.7%6Carpooled
• 1.1%4Walked
• 10.4%37Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 71237

• 455 to 9 minutes
• 3810 to 14 minutes
• 6215 to 19 minutes
• 820 to 24 minutes
• 525 to 29 minutes
• 8730 to 34 minutes
• 640 to 44 minutes
• 2545 to 59 minutes
• 3160 to 89 minutes
• 690 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 51.8%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 1,246

• Male householders: 198 (82 living alone), Female householders: 208 (89 living alone)

• 195 spouses (185 opposite-sex spouses), 29 unmarried partners, (29 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 300 children (222 natural, 0 adopted, 73 stepchildren), 60 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 0 foster children, 6 other relatives, 10 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 242 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 88 2-persons, 44 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 27 6-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 171 1-person, 36 2-persons

207 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (34 women).

87.0% of residents of 71237 zip code speak English at home.
13.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (97% very well, 3% not well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• EPPS HIGH SCHOOL (4044 CIRCLE DRIVE in EPPS, LA)

  (Geographic Names Information System)
  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-062001
  Organizations: WEST CARROLL PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• MONTICELLO GIN & ELEVATOR (LA HWY 577 E in EPPS, LA)

  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-06-2000-0981, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  Business SIC classification: COTTON GINNING
  Alternative names: MONTICELLO GRAIN & ELEVATOR

• EPPS COMPRESSOR STATION (745 LA HWY 134 in EPPS, LA)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 6.5%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4.8%

Population in 1990: 1,586. Population change in the 1990s: +287 (+18.1%).

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

• This state: 1,014
• Northeast: 1
• Midwest: 19
• South: 134
• West: 35

54% of the 71237 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Louisiana.

88% of the 71237 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% moved from different county within same 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): Students in private undergraduate colleges:

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

• Wholesale Trade: Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers (20-49 employees: 1 establishment)
• Health Care and Social Assistance: Home Health Care Services (10-19: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (5-9: 1, 1-4: 1)
• Construction: Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (5-9: 1)
• Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 71237 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
James	22	75.4 years
Mary	16	78.1 years
Willie	12	78.9 years
John	11	73.3 years
William	11	65.9 years
Thomas	8	73.5 years
George	8	69.0 years
Henry	7	71.8 years
Annie	7	83.6 years
Robert	7	81.0 years

Most common last names in zip code 71237 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Mcpherson	13	77.8 years
Smith	8	69.8 years
Morris	7	76.8 years
Guice	7	72.7 years
Williams	7	76.4 years
Corley	7	82.4 years
Jones	7	72.6 years
Miller	6	79.2 years
Brock	6	75.8 years
Roberts	6	73.3 years