66868 Zip Code (Reading, KS) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 678
Zip code population in 2010: 764
Zip code population in 2000: 824

Houses and condos: 280
Renter-occupied apartments: 19
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 66868: 81.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 128.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.9 sq. mi.

Population density: 5 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: $2,647 (1.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $1,292 (1.6%)

For population 25 years and over in 66868:

• High school or higher: 95.9%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 29.6%
• Graduate or professional degree: 16.8%
• Unemployed: 0.9%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 27.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 66868:

• Never married: 16.2%
• Now married: 70.8%
• Separated: 1.6%
• Widowed: 5.0%
• Divorced: 6.4%

• 
• • 66798.4%White
  • 101.5%Two or more races
  • 10.1%Hispanic or Latino

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 66868, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $67,325 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$67,325
State:	$72,721

Salary/wage: $55,074 (reported on 82.1% of returns)

Here:	$55,074
State:	$58,641

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1097.5% for AGIs below $25k, 3747.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 9273.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 12995.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 17826.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $592 (reported on 46.4% of returns)

This zip code:	$592
Kansas:	$1,625

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 22.5% for AGIs below $25k, 6.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 185.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 96.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $2,217 (reported on 21.4% of returns)

Here:	$2,217
State:	$7,290

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 30.0% for AGIs below $25k, 605.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$9,567 (reported on 21.4% of returns)

Here:	+$9,567
State:	+$20,511

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 147.5% for AGIs below $25k, 2575.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$500 (reported on 14.3% of returns)

Here:	+$500
State:	+$13,852

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 66.7% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $10,225 (reported on 14.3% of returns)

66868:	$10,225
Kansas:	$19,921

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2045.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $2,300 (reported on 10.7% of returns)

Here:	$2,300
State:	$2,267

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 172.5% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 100.0%

Here:	100%
State:	95%

(% for various income ranges: 100.0% 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 66868, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $46,509 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$46,509
State:	$60,095

Salary/wage: $44,304 (reported on 78.1% of returns)

Here:	$44,304
State:	$48,770

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 66.2% for AGIs below $25k, 77.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 81.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 87.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 63.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $629 (reported on 43.8% of returns)

This zip code:	$629
Kansas:	$1,506

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.6% for AGIs below $25k, 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.9% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $1,080 (reported on 15.6% of returns)

Here:	$1,080
State:	$6,093

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$4,680 (reported on 15.6% of returns)

Here:	+$4,680
State:	+$14,598

Profit/loss from business: +$4,600 (reported on 12.5% of returns)

Here:	+$4,600
State:	+$12,554

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $5,467 (reported on 9.4% of returns)

66868:	$5,467
Kansas:	$14,098

Total itemized deductions: $17,375 (22% of AGI, reported on 25.0% of returns)

Here:	$17,375
State:	$23,678

Here:	22.3% of AGI
State:	18.9% of AGI

Charity contributions: $2,720 (reported on 15.6% of returns)

Here:	$2,720
State:	$5,321

Taxes paid: $6,386 (reported on 21.9% of returns)

66868:	$6,386
State:	$9,548

Earned income credit: $2,260 (reported on 15.6% of returns)

Here:	$2,260
State:	$2,212

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.2% for AGIs below $25k, 1.7% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 65.6%

Here:	66%
State:	56%

(% for various income ranges: 54.5% for AGIs below $25k, 62.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 116.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 75.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 66868, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $37,557 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$37,557
State:	$45,726

Salary/wage: $34,394 (reported on 87.2% of returns)

Here:	$34,394
State:	$40,112

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 115.0% for AGIs below $10k, 74.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 90.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 90.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 85.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 43.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,561 (reported on 44.6% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,561
Kansas:	$1,749

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.8% for AGIs below $10k, 2.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 6.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $657 (reported on 19.9% of returns)

Here:	$657
State:	$3,066

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.1% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$1,217 (reported on 17.0% of returns)

Here:	+$1,217
State:	+$7,555

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.5% for AGIs below $10k, -0.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, -0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.2% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$510 (reported on 14.5% of returns)

Here:	+$510
State:	+$9,571

Total itemized deductions: $16,530 (25% of AGI, reported on 18.8% of returns)

Here:	$16,530
State:	$18,779

Here:	24.9% of AGI
State:	20.5% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 9.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 10.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $2,816 (4% of AGI, reported on 13.9% of returns)

Here:	$2,816
State:	$3,892

Here:	3.8% of AGI
State:	4.0% of AGI

Total tax: $3,737 (reported on 74.4% of returns)

66868:	$3,737
State:	$7,203

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.6% for AGIs below $10k, 4.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 9.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,405 (reported on 11.9% of returns)

Here:	$1,405
State:	$1,674

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 69.9%

Here:	70%
State:	63%

(% for various income ranges: 59.0% for AGIs below $10k, 70.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 74.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 71.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 81.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 66.7% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 66830, 66523, 66864, 66856, 66413, 66833.
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
• Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 12
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 266

Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 132 (85 now married, 46 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 66868 with a mortgage: 70 (12 second mortgage, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,534
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $516

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

• Zip code 66868 household income distribution in 2022

• 8Less than $10,000
• 14$10,000 to $14,999
• 6$15,000 to $19,999
• 10$20,000 to $24,999
• 5$25,000 to $29,999
• 10$30,000 to $34,999
• 6$35,000 to $39,999
• 3$40,000 to $44,999
• 4$45,000 to $49,999
• 21$50,000 to $59,999
• 38$60,000 to $74,999
• 31$75,000 to $99,999
• 74$100,000 to $124,999
• 5$125,000 to $149,999
• 12$150,000 to $199,999
• 24$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 66868

• 7$15,000 to $19,999
• 30$25,000 to $29,999
• 8$30,000 to $34,999
• 4$35,000 to $39,999
• 17$40,000 to $49,999
• 9$50,000 to $59,999
• 43$70,000 to $79,999
• 7$80,000 to $89,999
• 3$100,000 to $124,999
• 13$150,000 to $174,999
• 1$175,000 to $199,999
• 54$200,000 to $249,999
• 19$250,000 to $299,999
• 18$300,000 to $399,999
• 12$400,000 to $499,999
• 7$2,000,000 or more

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 66868

• 3$400 to $449
• 2$450 to $499
• 6$500 to $549
• 6No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $841.

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

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $32,602

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $212,896

Here:	$212,896
State:	$264,181

Mobile homes: $58,248

Here:	$58,248
State:	$74,712

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 260
• Mobile homes: 15
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 1

Unemployment: 0.9%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 66868

• 82.0%285Drove a car alone
• 9.2%32Carpooled
• 0.3%1Bus or trolley bus
• 3.5%12Walked
• 1.7%6Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 66868

• 24Less than 5 minutes
• 285 to 9 minutes
• 610 to 14 minutes
• 415 to 19 minutes
• 9720 to 24 minutes
• 3925 to 29 minutes
• 7730 to 34 minutes
• 2340 to 44 minutes
• 1160 to 89 minutes
• 1890 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 85.6%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 678

• Male householders: 176 (33 living alone), Female householders: 102 (22 living alone)

• 190 spouses (190 opposite-sex spouses), 16 unmarried partners, (16 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 164 children (165 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 foster children, 3 other relatives, 7 non-relatives

Size of family households: 114 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 54 4-persons, 2 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 55 1-person, 11 2-persons, 6 3-persons

147 married couples with children.
2 single-parent households (2 women).

100.2% of residents of 66868 zip code speak English at home.

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• BROADWING COMMUNICATIONS LLC (1800 COUNTRY ROAD 330 in READING, KS)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  STATE MASTER (Kansas Facility Profiler) - ISTEPS-11100038, AIR PROGRAM
  Business SIC classification: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS, EXCEPT RADIOTELEPHONE
  Business NAICS classification: WIRED TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIERS.
  Alternative names: BROADWING COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC.

• MILLER ELEVATOR (2080 US 56 HIGHWAY in READING, KS)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  Business SIC classification: GRAIN AND FIELD BEANS
  

• CARL T BRIGGS (2873 ROAD X in READING, KS)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: BEEF CATTLE FEEDLOTS
  Alternative names: BRIGGS, CARL T

• J CLINTON DAVIES & SONS (10961 309TH STREET in READING, KS)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: BEEF CATTLE FEEDLOTS
  Alternative names: DAVIES, J. CLINTON & SONS

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1.2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1.1%

Population in 1990: 553. Population change in the 1990s: +271 (+49.0%).

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

• This state: 510
• Northeast: 9
• Midwest: 95
• South: 19
• West: 42

66% of the 66868 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Kansas.

91% of the 66868 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 95% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 2% 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): 1
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 (10-19 employees: 1 establishment, 1-4 employees: 1 establishment)
• Construction: Masonry Contractors (5-9: 1)
• Mining: Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying (5-9: 1)
• Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (5-9: 1)
• Construction: Drywall and Insulation Contractors (1-4: 1)
• Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (1-4: 1)

2002 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2002 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 18. The highest number of fires - 62 took place in 2014, and the least - 1 in 2009. The data has a growing trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Outside Fires (77.3%), and Structure Fires (13.3%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 66868
• 23877.3%Outside Fires
• 4113.3%Structure Fires
• 268.4%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 31.0%Other

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 66868, Kansas

Most common first names in zip code 66868 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
John	11	81.9 years
Frank	8	79.4 years
William	8	75.4 years
Mary	7	82.4 years
Harry	6	78.6 years
James	6	71.2 years
George	5	83.2 years
Charles	5	78.6 years
Marie	5	74.2 years
Louis	4	76.7 years

Most common last names in zip code 66868 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Jones	9	81.0 years
Price	9	84.7 years
Lynch	6	85.0 years
Wamser	6	80.5 years
Smith	6	75.0 years
Speece	5	79.8 years
Jacob	5	81.4 years
Mounkes	5	74.2 years
Peterson	5	69.6 years
Loomis	4	84.5 years