93526 Zip Code (Independence, CA) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 847
Zip code population in 2010: 719
Zip code population in 2000: 723

Houses and condos: 449
Renter-occupied apartments: 95
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 93526: 94.8 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 136.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.3 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: $2,176 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,594 (0.6%)

For population 25 years and over in 93526:

• High school or higher: 98.5%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.2%
• Graduate or professional degree: 6.9%
• Unemployed: 6.1%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 18.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 93526:

• Never married: 37.7%
• Now married: 41.3%
• Separated: 2.3%
• Widowed: 10.6%
• Divorced: 8.0%

• 
• • 53363.2%White
  • 9911.7%Hispanic or Latino
  • 8410.0%American Indian
  • 677.9%Two or more races
  • 576.8%Black
  • 30.4%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander
  • 10.1%Asian

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 93526, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $60,527 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$60,527
State:	$95,910

Salary/wage: $51,482 (reported on 66.7% of returns)

Here:	$51,482
State:	$77,331

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 725.7% for AGIs below $25k, 3320.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5320.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 5720.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 18820.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $707 (reported on 42.4% of returns)

This zip code:	$707
California:	$2,294

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 55.7% for AGIs below $25k, 80.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 60.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 33.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $3,350 (reported on 12.1% of returns)

Here:	$3,350
State:	$10,949

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 335.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$14,175 (reported on 12.1% of returns)

Here:	+$14,175
State:	+$49,306

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 104.3% for AGIs below $25k, 1646.7% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$1,914 (reported on 21.2% of returns)

Here:	+$1,914
State:	+$15,671

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 110.0% for AGIs below $25k, 142.5% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $11,100 (reported on 6.1% of returns)

93526:	$11,100
California:	$23,505

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 317.1% for AGIs below $25k)

Total itemized deductions: $19,600 (reported on 9.1% of returns)

Here:	$19,600
State:	$39,517

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1960.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxes paid: $7,267 (reported on 9.1% of returns)

93526:	$7,267
State:	$8,807

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 726.7% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $1,760 (reported on 15.2% of returns)

Here:	$1,760
State:	$2,074

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 125.7% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 93.9%

Here:	94%
State:	92%

(% for various income ranges: 81.8% for AGIs below $25k, 100.0% 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 93526, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $49,335 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$49,335
State:	$72,726

Salary/wage: $41,917 (reported on 70.6% of returns)

Here:	$41,917
State:	$59,079

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 34.9% for AGIs below $25k, 63.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 47.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 66.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 73.1% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $592 (reported on 35.3% of returns)

This zip code:	$592
California:	$2,146

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs below $25k, 0.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $17,583 (reported on 17.6% of returns)

Here:	$17,583
State:	$9,308

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$2,525 (reported on 11.8% of returns)

Here:	+$2,525
State:	+$30,460

Profit/loss from business: +$4,150 (reported on 11.8% of returns)

Here:	+$4,150
State:	+$17,064

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $7,500 (reported on 5.9% of returns)

93526:	$7,500
California:	$19,557

Total itemized deductions: $20,589 (26% of AGI, reported on 26.5% of returns)

Here:	$20,589
State:	$34,004

Here:	25.6% of AGI
State:	22.7% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 21.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 18.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.1% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $2,683 (reported on 17.6% of returns)

Here:	$2,683
State:	$4,659

Taxes paid: $6,078 (reported on 26.5% of returns)

93526:	$6,078
State:	$14,448

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 4.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $2,100 (reported on 8.8% of returns)

Here:	$2,100
State:	$2,286

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.2% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 47.1%

Here:	47%
State:	64%

(% for various income ranges: 38.5% for AGIs below $25k, 50.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 83.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 50.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 93526, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $40,861 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$40,861
State:	$58,600

Salary/wage: $36,875 (reported on 72.7% of returns)

Here:	$36,875
State:	$49,455

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 61.5% for AGIs below $10k, 61.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 68.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 74.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 68.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 46.6% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,454 (reported on 55.7% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,454
California:	$2,365

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.7% for AGIs below $10k, 5.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.6% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $968 (reported on 17.9% of returns)

Here:	$968
State:	$4,746

Net capital gain/loss: +$11,094 (reported on 15.1% of returns)

Here:	+$11,094
State:	+$23,418

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.1% for AGIs below $10k, 0.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 21.5% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$1,268 (reported on 11.6% of returns)

Here:	+$1,268
State:	+$16,826

Total itemized deductions: $14,106 (21% of AGI, reported on 24.1% of returns)

Here:	$14,106
State:	$28,113

Here:	21.1% of AGI
State:	25.3% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 10.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $2,833 (4% of AGI, reported on 18.8% of returns)

Here:	$2,833
State:	$3,923

Here:	4.1% of AGI
State:	3.3% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.8% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.6% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $5,140 (reported on 81.0% of returns)

93526:	$5,140
State:	$10,761

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.7% for AGIs below $10k, 4.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 8.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 10.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,333 (reported on 10.2% of returns)

Here:	$1,333
State:	$1,763

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 58.2%

Here:	58%
State:	66%

(% for various income ranges: 53.2% for AGIs below $10k, 57.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 61.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 53.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 63.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 68.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 93513, 93545, 93633, 93262, 93530, 93271.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 30
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 314

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 13 (9 now married, 4 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 103 (26 now married, 77 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 93526 with a mortgage: 63 (4 second mortgage, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,446
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $527

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

• Zip code 93526 household income distribution in 2022

• 6Less than $10,000
• 4$10,000 to $14,999
• 35$15,000 to $19,999
• 12$20,000 to $24,999
• 17$25,000 to $29,999
• 16$30,000 to $34,999
• 21$35,000 to $39,999
• 11$40,000 to $44,999
• 30$45,000 to $49,999
• 18$50,000 to $59,999
• 49$60,000 to $74,999
• 52$75,000 to $99,999
• 31$100,000 to $124,999
• 20$125,000 to $149,999
• 8$150,000 to $199,999
• 7$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 93526

• 22Less than $10,000
• 1$50,000 to $59,999
• 3$80,000 to $89,999
• 3$90,000 to $99,999
• 25$100,000 to $124,999
• 2$125,000 to $149,999
• 25$150,000 to $174,999
• 5$175,000 to $199,999
• 24$200,000 to $249,999
• 46$250,000 to $299,999
• 33$300,000 to $399,999
• 5$400,000 to $499,999
• 3$500,000 to $749,999
• 2$1,000,000 to $1,499,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 93526

• 2$300 to $349
• 5$450 to $499
• 5$650 to $699
• 5$750 to $799
• 26$800 to $899
• 21$900 to $999
• 11$1,000 to $1,249
• 12No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $1,097.

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

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $332,474
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $180,395
• Two or more races householders: $331,520
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $206,802

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $263,753 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $170,453 - $317,571

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $206,182

Here:	$206,182
State:	$988,808

Mobile homes: $174,401

Here:	$174,401
State:	$184,506

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 354
• One, attached: 3
• Mobile homes: 89

Unemployment: 6.1%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 93526

• 60.3%148Drove a car alone
• 16.7%41Carpooled
• 7.7%19Walked
• 5.7%14Other means
• 8.1%20Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 93526

• 88Less than 5 minutes
• 115 to 9 minutes
• 2810 to 14 minutes
• 115 to 19 minutes
• 1420 to 24 minutes
• 1130 to 34 minutes
• 635 to 39 minutes
• 240 to 44 minutes
• 3845 to 59 minutes
• 1360 to 89 minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 98.8%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 847

• Male householders: 164 (58 living alone), Female householders: 184 (105 living alone)

• 153 spouses (153 opposite-sex spouses), 25 unmarried partners, (25 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 194 children (182 natural, 0 adopted, 12 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 0 foster children, 62 other relatives, 17 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 45 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 90 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 33 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 8 6-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 162 1-person, 28 2-persons, 2 3-persons

114 married couples with children.
38 single-parent households (36 men, 2 women).

91.6% of residents of 93526 zip code speak English at home.
8.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% very well, 16% well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% very well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• ALTERNATIVE/OPPORTUNITY (135 S. JACKSON ST. in INDEPENDENCE, CA)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-1430099
  Organizations: INYO CO. OFFICE OF EDUCATION (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• FISH SPRINGS FISH HATCH NPDES (STAR ROUTE in INDEPENDENCE, CA)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: FISH HATCHERIES AND PRESERVES
  Organizations: DEPT OF FISH AND GAME (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: CA DEPT OF FISH & GAME, DEPT OF FISH AND GAME

• MT WHITNEY HATCHERY NPDES (OAK CREEK HW 395 N OF INDEP'C in INDEPENDENCE, CA)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: FISH HATCHERIES AND PRESERVES
  Organizations: DEPT OF FISH AND GAME (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: CA DEPT OF FISH & GAME, DEPT OF FISH AND GAME

• INDEPENDENCE LANDFILL (END OF DUMP ROAD EAST OF HIGHWAY 395 in INDEPENDENCE, CA)

  REFUSE DISPOSAL (Solid waste facilities tracking)
  Organizations: INYO COUNTY INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT (CONTACT/OPERATOR) , CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPT WATER & POWER (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• INDEPENDENCE YARD (201 S WEBSTER ST in INDEPENDENCE, CA)

  HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  Organizations: LOS ANGELES DEPT OF WATER AND PWR (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• CALTRANS DISTRICT 09 (665 N EDWARDS in INDEPENDENCE, CA)

  Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Organizations: CA DEPT OF TRANS (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• INYO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE (155 EAST MARKET STREET in INDEPENDENCE, CA)

  Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Alternative names: DOHS-INYO CO, DOHS INYO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4.5%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2.5%

Population in 1990: 889.

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

• This state: 661
• Northeast: 14
• Midwest: 50
• South: 21
• West: 57

59% of the 93526 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in California.

93% of the 93526 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 20% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
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:

• Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (10-19 employees: 1 establishment)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (1-4: 2)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (1-4: 2)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Recreational and Vacation Camps (except Campgrounds) (1-4: 1)
• Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation: Museums (1-4: 1)
• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Office Administrative Services (1-4: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Business Associations (1-4: 1)
• Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Offices of Lawyers (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 93526 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
John	14	75.2 years
Mary	11	80.9 years
William	11	75.0 years
George	8	73.0 years
Charles	8	81.9 years
Robert	8	73.4 years
James	5	75.8 years
Walter	5	82.4 years
Jack	4	78.8 years
Harold	4	63.5 years

Most common last names in zip code 93526 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Hunter	9	75.3 years
Miller	8	75.4 years
Bell	5	83.8 years
Johnson	5	75.4 years
Comontofski	4	68.3 years
Buff	4	74.5 years
Jones	3	75.3 years
Harris	3	77.4 years
Gracey	3	81.6 years
Mitchell	3	77.3 years

Businesses in zip code 93526

• FedEx: 1