62940 Zip Code (Gorham, IL) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 718
Zip code population in 2010: 445
Zip code population in 2000: 432

Houses and condos: 302
Renter-occupied apartments: 100
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 62940: 82.5 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 25.8 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.7 sq. mi.

Population density: 28 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: $1,269 (5.1%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $377 (1.5%)

For population 25 years and over in 62940:

• High school or higher: 81.6%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.6%
• Graduate or professional degree: 1.8%
• Unemployed: 20.0%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 23.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 62940:

• Never married: 13.0%
• Now married: 70.1%
• Separated: 5.1%
• Widowed: 2.4%
• Divorced: 9.4%

• 
• • 68996.1%White
  • 283.9%Hispanic or Latino

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 62940, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $55,127 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$55,127
State:	$82,626

Salary/wage: $31,658 (reported on 80.0% of returns)

Here:	$31,658
State:	$66,640

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 985.0% for AGIs below $25k, 2725.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5787.5% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $180 (reported on 33.3% of returns)

This zip code:	$180
Illinois:	$2,376

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.5% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Ordinary dividends: $1,500 (reported on 20.0% of returns)

Here:	$1,500
State:	$9,061

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 112.5% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$833 (reported on 20.0% of returns)

Here:	+$833
State:	+$31,684

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 62.5% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Earned income credit: $2,500 (reported on 20.0% of returns)

Here:	$2,500
State:	$2,311

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 187.5% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 93.3%

Here:	93%
State:	93%

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

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 62940, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $40,776 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$40,776
State:	$68,058

Salary/wage: $30,147 (reported on 81.0% of returns)

Here:	$30,147
State:	$55,396

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 76.1% for AGIs below $25k, 69.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 77.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 42.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $450 (reported on 28.6% of returns)

This zip code:	$450
Illinois:	$1,969

Ordinary dividends: $733 (reported on 14.3% of returns)

Here:	$733
State:	$7,786

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$100 (reported on 9.5% of returns)

Here:	+$100
State:	+$22,183

Profit/loss from business: +$4,667 (reported on 14.3% of returns)

Here:	+$4,667
State:	+$12,903

Total itemized deductions: $14,200 (18% of AGI, reported on 14.3% of returns)

Here:	$14,200
State:	$26,433

Here:	18.5% of AGI
State:	19.2% of AGI

Taxes paid: $4,367 (reported on 14.3% of returns)

62940:	$4,367
State:	$11,968

Earned income credit: $2,667 (reported on 28.6% of returns)

Here:	$2,667
State:	$2,349

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 12.4% for AGIs below $25k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 66.7%

Here:	67%
State:	57%

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

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 62940, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $29,502 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$29,502
State:	$54,625

Salary/wage: $23,527 (reported on 86.6% of returns)

Here:	$23,527
State:	$46,811

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 79.8% for AGIs below $10k, 84.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 70.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 81.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 49.3% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $1,333 (reported on 35.9% of returns)

This zip code:	$1,333
Illinois:	$2,101

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.0% for AGIs below $10k, 2.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.0% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Taxable dividends: $568 (reported on 17.1% of returns)

Here:	$568
State:	$4,306

Net capital gain/loss: +$5,960 (reported on 11.5% of returns)

Here:	+$5,960
State:	+$17,321

Total itemized deductions: $11,833 (21% of AGI, reported on 8.3% of returns)

Here:	$11,833
State:	$20,239

Here:	20.9% of AGI
State:	19.5% of AGI

Charity contributions deductions: $2,545 (4% of AGI, reported on 5.1% of returns)

Here:	$2,545
State:	$3,719

Here:	4.2% of AGI
State:	3.4% of AGI

Total tax: $3,572 (reported on 66.8% of returns)

62940:	$3,572
State:	$9,882

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.3% for AGIs below $10k, 3.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 12.7% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Earned income credit: $1,881 (reported on 27.2% of returns)

Here:	$1,881
State:	$1,788

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 67.3%

Here:	67%
State:	61%

(% for various income ranges: 49.1% for AGIs below $10k, 71.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 85.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 52.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 71.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)

Nearest zip codes: 62942, 62950, 62966, 62975, 62907, 63748.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 75
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 174

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 169 (165 now married, 2 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 47 (27 now married, 18 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 62940 with a mortgage: 40
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,038
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $349

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

• Zip code 62940 household income distribution in 2022

• 23Less than $10,000
• 14$10,000 to $14,999
• 20$15,000 to $19,999
• 9$20,000 to $24,999
• 11$25,000 to $29,999
• 1$30,000 to $34,999
• 28$35,000 to $39,999
• 10$40,000 to $44,999
• 3$45,000 to $49,999
• 11$50,000 to $59,999
• 86$60,000 to $74,999
• 18$75,000 to $99,999
• 1$100,000 to $124,999
• 5$125,000 to $149,999
• 3$150,000 to $199,999

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 62940

• 14Less than $10,000
• 21$10,000 to $14,999
• 5$15,000 to $19,999
• 48$20,000 to $24,999
• 4$25,000 to $29,999
• 20$30,000 to $34,999
• 3$35,000 to $39,999
• 12$40,000 to $49,999
• 2$60,000 to $69,999
• 1$80,000 to $89,999
• 9$150,000 to $174,999
• 4$300,000 to $399,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 62940

• 1$200 to $249
• 4$250 to $299
• 5$300 to $349
• 78$350 to $399
• 15No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $666.

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

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $23,826
• Some other race householders: $7,611
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $7,611

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $25,044 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $18,591 - $35,272

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $34,530

Here:	$34,530
State:	$310,164

Mobile homes: $47,036

Here:	$47,036
State:	$78,855

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 266
• Mobile homes: 33

Unemployment: 20.0%

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 62940

• 810 to 14 minutes
• 10415 to 19 minutes
• 2220 to 24 minutes
• 325 to 29 minutes
• 1330 to 34 minutes
• 1545 to 59 minutes
• 590 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 82.3%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 718

• Male householders: 165 (28 living alone), Female householders: 79 (24 living alone)

• 237 spouses (237 opposite-sex spouses), 13 unmarried partners, (13 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 213 children (212 natural, 0 adopted, 1 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 foster children, 0 other relatives, 3 non-relatives

Size of family households: 87 2-persons, 90 3-persons, 2 5-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 51 1-person, 3 2-persons

119 married couples with children.
46 single-parent households (26 men, 20 women).

97.5% of residents of 62940 zip code speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% not well).
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% very well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• JACKSON COUNTY SAND COMPANY (#1 SICKLER ROAD in GORHAM, 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: CONSTRUCTION SAND AND GRAVEL
  

• MISSOURI PACIFIC (PO BOX in GORHAM, IL)

  STATE MASTER (Illinois EPA Project) - AIR PROGRAM
  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  Business SIC classification: RAILROADS, LINE-HAUL OPERATING
  

• GORHAM SD STP (P.O. BOX 159 in GORHAM, IL)

  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: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
  Alternative names: GORHAM SANITARY DISTRICT, GORHAM SANITARY DISTRICT STP, GORHAM SD STP, VILLAGE OF

• AMOCO FERTILIZER PLANT (GORHAM RD in GORHAM, IL)

  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 8.1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 13.1%

Population in 1990: 982.

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

• This state: 640
• Northeast: 10
• Midwest: 30
• South: 15
• West: 4

74% of the 62940 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Illinois.

96% of the 62940 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 7% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3 Students in private undergraduate colleges:

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

• Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Landscaping Services (1-4 employees: 1 establishment)
• Mining: Construction Sand and Gravel Mining (1-4: 1)
• Construction: Site Preparation Contractors (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 62940 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
William	7	69.7 years
James	6	68.1 years
Charles	5	62.8 years
Walter	4	71.0 years
John	4	76.3 years
Robert	4	74.8 years
Harry	3	71.3 years
Fred	3	75.3 years
Thelma	3	59.7 years
Ruth	3	67.6 years

Most common last names in zip code 62940 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Gale	5	72.2 years
Sarensen	5	73.6 years
Easterly	4	65.5 years
Eastman	4	75.5 years
Snider	4	82.2 years
Butler	4	81.0 years
Hopfer	4	87.7 years
Boulton	4	86.7 years
Evans	3	65.7 years
Mezo	3	76.3 years