71003 Zip Code (Athens, LA) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2022: 655
Zip code population in 2010: 989
Zip code population in 2000: 1,026

Houses and condos: 442
Renter-occupied apartments: 55
March 2022 cost of living index in zip code 71003: 80.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 63.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 10 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: $672 (0.7%)

For population 25 years and over in 71003:

• High school or higher: 88.0%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 26.6%
• Graduate or professional degree: 7.3%
• Unemployed: 0.5%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 35.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 71003:

• Never married: 23.0%
• Now married: 61.1%
• Separated: 0.2%
• Widowed: 11.0%
• Divorced: 4.7%

• 
• • 49074.9%White
  • 16124.6%Black
  • 30.5%Two or more races

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2020 tax year for zip code 71003, filed in 2021:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2020: $49,137 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$49,137
State:	$60,757

Salary/wage: $43,212 (reported on 78.0% of returns)

Here:	$43,212
State:	$50,882

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1259.2% for AGIs below $25k, 4478.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 4745.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 16900.0% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $469 (reported on 39.0% of returns)

This zip code:	$469
Louisiana:	$1,576

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 17.5% for AGIs below $25k, 15.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 36.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 76.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $1,525 (reported on 9.8% of returns)

Here:	$1,525
State:	$7,743

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 101.7% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$1,875 (reported on 9.8% of returns)

Here:	+$1,875
State:	+$16,917

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 125.0% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Profit/loss from business: +$16,971 (reported on 17.1% of returns)

Here:	+$16,971
State:	+$7,679

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 136.7% for AGIs below $25k, 348.3% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Earned income credit: $2,557 (reported on 17.1% of returns)

Here:	$2,557
State:	$2,671

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 109.2% for AGIs below $25k, 80.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2020 taxes: 92.7%

Here:	93%
State:	92%

(% for various income ranges: 93.8% for AGIs below $25k, 88.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 85.7% 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 71003, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $45,562 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$45,562
State:	$56,730

Salary/wage: $37,935 (reported on 85.0% of returns)

Here:	$37,935
State:	$45,545

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 71.0% for AGIs below $25k, 80.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 74.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 70.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 61.3% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $458 (reported on 30.0% of returns)

This zip code:	$458
Louisiana:	$1,804

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.8% for AGIs below $25k, 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Ordinary dividends: $1,167 (reported on 7.5% of returns)

Here:	$1,167
State:	$7,610

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$3,700 (reported on 5.0% of returns)

Here:	+$3,700
State:	+$17,096

Profit/loss from business: +$4,500 (reported on 17.5% of returns)

Here:	+$4,500
State:	+$12,088

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $9,667 (reported on 7.5% of returns)

71003:	$9,667
Louisiana:	$16,085

Total itemized deductions: $18,189 (24% of AGI, reported on 22.5% of returns)

Here:	$18,189
State:	$23,585

Here:	24.0% of AGI
State:	18.1% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 12.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 18.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 8.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Charity contributions: $7,217 (reported on 15.0% of returns)

Here:	$7,217
State:	$5,533

Taxes paid: $3,300 (reported on 20.0% of returns)

71003:	$3,300
State:	$6,282

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Earned income credit: $2,289 (reported on 22.5% of returns)

Here:	$2,289
State:	$2,633

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.8% for AGIs below $25k, 1.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 70.0%

Here:	70%
State:	57%

(% for various income ranges: 62.5% for AGIs below $25k, 72.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 66.7% 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 71003, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $33,512 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$33,512
State:	$39,411

Salary/wage: $31,788 (reported on 86.2% of returns)

Here:	$31,788
State:	$34,434

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 118.5% for AGIs below $10k, 80.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 87.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 84.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 75.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 72.6% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $783 (reported on 30.0% of returns)

This zip code:	$783
Louisiana:	$1,606

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.9% for AGIs below $10k, 1.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $310 (reported on 10.5% of returns)

Here:	$310
State:	$3,235

Profit/loss from business: +$529 (reported on 12.8% of returns)

Here:	+$529
State:	+$9,128

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.0% for AGIs below $10k, -0.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.2% for AGIs $50k-75k)

Total itemized deductions: $15,933 (24% of AGI, reported on 15.0% of returns)

Here:	$15,933
State:	$18,222

Here:	24.5% of AGI
State:	20.3% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 5.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 10.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $4,021 (6% of AGI, reported on 11.8% of returns)

Here:	$4,021
State:	$4,190

Here:	5.9% of AGI
State:	4.4% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.1% for AGIs below $10k, 2.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $4,300 (reported on 69.2% of returns)

71003:	$4,300
State:	$6,529

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.8% for AGIs below $10k, 2.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 10.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 15.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $2,009 (reported on 27.0% of returns)

Here:	$2,009
State:	$2,103

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 58.5%

Here:	58%
State:	61%

(% for various income ranges: 57.6% for AGIs below $10k, 61.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 53.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 57.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 58.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 68.8% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 71040, 71001, 71028, 71024, 71275, 71055.
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No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 63
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 261

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 5 (0 now married, 5 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 97 (34 now married, 62 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 71003 with a mortgage: 115
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $640
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $399

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

• Zip code 71003 household income distribution in 2022

• 67Less than $10,000
• 18$10,000 to $14,999
• 17$15,000 to $19,999
• 21$20,000 to $24,999
• 7$25,000 to $29,999
• 9$30,000 to $34,999
• 16$35,000 to $39,999
• 1$40,000 to $44,999
• 14$45,000 to $49,999
• 8$50,000 to $59,999
• 33$60,000 to $74,999
• 63$75,000 to $99,999
• 16$100,000 to $124,999
• 17$125,000 to $149,999
• 4$150,000 to $199,999
• 9$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2022 in zip code 71003

• 5Less than $10,000
• 3$15,000 to $19,999
• 1$25,000 to $29,999
• 8$30,000 to $34,999
• 59$35,000 to $39,999
• 17$40,000 to $49,999
• 3$50,000 to $59,999
• 12$60,000 to $69,999
• 7$70,000 to $79,999
• 29$80,000 to $89,999
• 3$90,000 to $99,999
• 21$100,000 to $124,999
• 18$125,000 to $149,999
• 10$150,000 to $174,999
• 6$175,000 to $199,999
• 24$200,000 to $249,999
• 5$250,000 to $299,999
• 11$300,000 to $399,999
• 11$400,000 to $499,999
• 1$500,000 to $749,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2022 in zip code 71003

• 27$400 to $449
• 1$500 to $549
• 3$550 to $599
• 27No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2022: $925.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $133,559.

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

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $133,754
• Black or African American householders: $57,444
• American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $180,176

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $91,360 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $40,727 - $168,116

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $153,019

Here:	$153,019
State:	$273,555

Mobile homes: $64,082

Here:	$64,082
State:	$89,857

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 323
• 3 or 4: 2
• 20 to 49: 2
• Mobile homes: 114

Unemployment: 0.5%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 71003

• 81.2%152Drove a car alone
• 4.3%8Carpooled
• 1.6%3Other means
• 13.4%25Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 71003

• 2Less than 5 minutes
• 2015 to 19 minutes
• 2820 to 24 minutes
• 1025 to 29 minutes
• 7430 to 34 minutes
• 635 to 39 minutes
• 645 to 59 minutes
• 1090 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 74.9%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 655

• Male householders: 133 (53 living alone), Female householders: 191 (70 living alone)

• 161 spouses (161 opposite-sex spouses), 0 unmarried partners, (0 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 122 children (92 natural, 3 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 0 foster children, 9 other relatives, 0 non-relatives

Size of family households: 138 2-persons, 22 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 16 6-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 123 1-person

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

99.7% of residents of 71003 zip code speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (20% very well, 80% not well).

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• ATHENS VILLAGE OF (HIGHWAY 9 in ATHENS, LA)

  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-06-2003-1237, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION,
  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
  

• ATHENS HIGH SCHOOL (ROUTE 1 BOX 129-A in ATHENS, LA)

  (Geographic Names Information System)
  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-014002
  Organizations: CLAIBORNE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• HOMER SCRAP/FREDDIE ACKLE SALVAGE (HWY 154 & HWY 518 in ATHENS, LA)

  (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-06-1997-0331, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  Business SIC classification: SCRAP AND WASTE MATERIALS
  

• APACHE CORP - ATHENS COMPRESSOR STATION (HWY 9 3 MI N OF in ATHENS, LA)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  Business SIC classification: CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
  Alternative names: APACHE/ATHENS CS, DAVID WOOLF

• APACHE CORP - LILLIAN WALLACE COMPRESSOR (3 MI E OF in ATHENS, LA)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  Business SIC classification: CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
  Alternative names: APACHE/LILLIAN, DAVID WOOLF

• APACHE GANDY ESTATES (#1 PF 3 MI N OF in ATHENS, LA)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  Business SIC classification: CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
  Alternative names: GANDY ESTATES #1 PRODUCTION FACILITY

• ATHENS SOUTH COMPRESSOR STATION (2.5 MI N OF in ATHENS, LA)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  Business SIC classification: CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
  Alternative names: APACHE ATHENS S COMP

• ATHENS SWD FACILITY (3595 OLD ARCADIA HWY in ATHENS, LA)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Alternative names: Q.V. SERVICES INC

• NADEL LEATHERMAN CRK (3 MI W OF in ATHENS, LA)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  Business SIC classification: CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
  Alternative names: LEATHERMAN CREEK FACILITY

• QV SERVICES (LEATHERMAN CREEK FACILITY in ATHENS, LA)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  

• GLADNEY #1 #2 FACILITY - ATHENS FIELD (OFF PARISH RD 27, 5 MI NW OF in ATHENS, LA)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  Business SIC classification: CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
  

• GRAHAM ET AL 29 #1-ALT FACILITY (OFF BEAR CREEK RD, 5.9 MI SW O in ATHENS, LA)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  Business SIC classification: CRUDE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
  

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 9.8%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 20.4%

Population in 1990: 1,336.

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

• This state: 511
• Northeast: 2
• Midwest: 11
• South: 48
• West: 73

71% of the 71003 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Louisiana.

97% of the 71003 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% 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): 16
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 24 Students in private undergraduate colleges:

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

• Management of Companies and Enterprises: Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices (10-19 employees: 1 establishment)
• Construction: Site Preparation Contractors (1-4: 2)
• Construction: Land Subdivision (1-4: 1)
• Utilities: Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (1-4: 1)

Most common first names in zip code 71003 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
John	15	72.8 years
William	9	72.3 years
James	8	71.9 years
Mary	8	81.4 years
Mattie	6	78.7 years
Henry	6	73.2 years
Clyde	5	75.0 years
Bessie	5	83.0 years
Joe	4	76.7 years
George	4	82.0 years

Most common last names in zip code 71003 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Sherrill	11	81.5 years
Winzer	8	77.6 years
Austin	7	72.4 years
Baker	7	84.1 years
Lee	6	72.5 years
Abercrombie	6	72.5 years
Gantt	6	75.3 years
Wilson	6	76.2 years
Davidson	5	75.4 years
Gandy	5	83.4 years