36278 Zip Code (Wedowee, AL) Detailed Profile

Estimated zip code population in 2019: 4,582
Zip code population in 2010: 4,366
Zip code population in 2000: 3,439

Houses and condos: 3,047
Renter-occupied apartments: 357
March 2019 cost of living index in zip code 36278: 83.0 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 132.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.1 sq. mi.

Population density: 34 people per square mile

(very low).

Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2019:
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $811 (0.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $353 (0.2%)

For population 25 years and over in 36278:

• High school or higher: 84.0%
• Bachelor's degree or higher: 23.3%
• Graduate or professional degree: 11.8%
• Unemployed: 4.5%
• Mean travel time to work (commute): 27.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in 36278:

• Never married: 23.4%
• Now married: 58.3%
• Separated: 1.1%
• Widowed: 7.7%
• Divorced: 9.5%

• 
• • 3,23274.0%White
  • 81218.6%Black
  • 2525.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 380.9%Two or more races
  • 180.4%American Indian
  • 100.2%Asian
  • 30.07%Some other race
  • 10.02%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander

100% rural population.

Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 36278, filed in 2013:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $47,583 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$47,583
State:	$52,001

Salary/wage: $39,408 (reported on 77.7% of returns)

Here:	$39,408
State:	$43,822

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 72.9% for AGIs below $25k, 74.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 63.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 62.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 59.2% for AGIs $100k-200k, 54.9% for AGIs over 200k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $2,144 (reported on 34.1% of returns)

This zip code:	$2,144
Alabama:	$1,592

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.5% for AGIs below $25k, 1.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.9% for AGIs $100k-200k, 1.4% for AGIs over 200k)

Ordinary dividends: $4,667 (reported on 15.1% of returns)

Here:	$4,667
State:	$5,697

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.1% for AGIs below $25k, 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2.2% for AGIs $100k-200k, 2.1% for AGIs over 200k)

Net capital gain/loss in AGI: +$4,023 (reported on 12.3% of returns)

Here:	+$4,023
State:	+$13,286

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 5.0% for AGIs over 200k)

Profit/loss from business: +$8,138 (reported on 16.2% of returns)

Here:	+$8,138
State:	+$9,151

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.6% for AGIs below $25k, 2.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.8% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $13,386 (reported on 12.3% of returns)

36278:	$13,386
Alabama:	$14,992

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.7% for AGIs below $25k, 3.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 5.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 5.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)

Total itemized deductions: $22,794 (25% of AGI, reported on 27.4% of returns)

Here:	$22,794
State:	$21,388

Here:	25.1% of AGI
State:	20.1% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 8.3% for AGIs below $25k, 13.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 13.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 12.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 14.5% for AGIs $100k-200k, 15.5% for AGIs over 200k)

Charity contributions: $6,300 (reported on 24.0% of returns)

Here:	$6,300
State:	$5,925

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.2% for AGIs below $25k, 3.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.0% for AGIs $100k-200k, 6.1% for AGIs over 200k)

Taxes paid: $4,866 (reported on 26.3% of returns)

36278:	$4,866
State:	$5,272

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.9% for AGIs below $25k, 1.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.6% for AGIs $100k-200k, 5.2% for AGIs over 200k)

Earned income credit: $2,527 (reported on 25.1% of returns)

Here:	$2,527
State:	$2,646

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 9.1% for AGIs below $25k, 1.1% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 70.9%

Here:	71%
State:	60%

(% for various income ranges: 73.1% for AGIs below $25k, 67.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 69.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 71.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 71.4% for AGIs $100k-200k, 75.0% for AGIs over 200k)

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 36278, filed in 2005:

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $38,745 (Individual Income Tax Returns)

Here:	$38,745
State:	$42,302

Salary/wage: $33,432 (reported on 79.4% of returns)

Here:	$33,432
State:	$36,626

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 93.2% for AGIs below $10k, 75.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 76.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 79.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 60.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 53.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $2,561 (reported on 41.8% of returns)

This zip code:	$2,561
Alabama:	$1,827

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 10.0% for AGIs below $10k, 4.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.7% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $2,340 (reported on 16.2% of returns)

Here:	$2,340
State:	$4,206

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.4% for AGIs below $10k, 0.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.1% for AGIs over 100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$9,083 (reported on 12.6% of returns)

Here:	+$9,083
State:	+$13,031

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.1% for AGIs below $10k, 1.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 5.7% for AGIs over 100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$4,220 (reported on 15.7% of returns)

Here:	+$4,220
State:	+$8,302

(% of AGI for various income ranges: -7.8% for AGIs below $10k, 3.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 5.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, -0.2% for AGIs over 100k)

IRA payment deduction: $3,400 (reported on 1.5% of returns)

36278:	$3,400
Alabama:	$3,006

Total itemized deductions: $17,961 (23% of AGI, reported on 25.2% of returns)

Here:	$17,961
State:	$17,623

Here:	23.1% of AGI
State:	20.8% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.6% for AGIs below $10k, 8.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 10.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 12.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 13.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 13.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $3,928 (5% of AGI, reported on 22.2% of returns)

Here:	$3,928
State:	$4,768

Here:	5.3% of AGI
State:	5.4% of AGI

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2.7% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $5,679 (reported on 68.7% of returns)

36278:	$5,679
State:	$6,905

(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.0% for AGIs below $10k, 3.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 11.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 17.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,835 (reported on 26.1% of returns)

Here:	$1,835
State:	$2,048

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 81.1%

Here:	81%
State:	65%

(% for various income ranges: 78.2% for AGIs below $10k, 81.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 84.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 79.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 79.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 76.5% for AGIs over 100k)

Nearest zip codes: 36280, 36276, 36266, 36263, 36274, 36258.
No gay or lesbian households reported

Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 268
Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 1,530

Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 70 (22 now married, 51 unmarried)
Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 721 (330 now married, 389 unmarried)

Housing units in zip code 36278 with a mortgage: 583 (2 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 868

Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,293
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $389

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2019:
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2019:

• Zip code 36278 household income distribution in 2019

• 205Less than $10,000
• 109$10,000 to $14,999
• 122$15,000 to $19,999
• 99$20,000 to $24,999
• 123$25,000 to $29,999
• 121$30,000 to $34,999
• 97$35,000 to $39,999
• 67$40,000 to $44,999
• 107$45,000 to $49,999
• 94$50,000 to $59,999
• 153$60,000 to $74,999
• 132$75,000 to $99,999
• 95$100,000 to $124,999
• 105$125,000 to $149,999
• 96$150,000 to $199,999
• 63$200,000 or more

• Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2019 in zip code 36278

• 14Less than $10,000
• 25$10,000 to $14,999
• 9$15,000 to $19,999
• 19$20,000 to $24,999
• 28$25,000 to $29,999
• 43$30,000 to $34,999
• 2$35,000 to $39,999
• 66$40,000 to $49,999
• 49$50,000 to $59,999
• 15$60,000 to $69,999
• 90$70,000 to $79,999
• 51$80,000 to $89,999
• 29$90,000 to $99,999
• 69$100,000 to $124,999
• 122$125,000 to $149,999
• 121$150,000 to $174,999
• 51$175,000 to $199,999
• 102$200,000 to $249,999
• 115$250,000 to $299,999
• 227$300,000 to $399,999
• 37$400,000 to $499,999
• 119$500,000 to $749,999
• 16$750,000 to $999,999
• 26$1,000,000 to $1,499,999

• Rent paid by renters in 2019 in zip code 36278

• 4Less than $100
• 10$100 to $149
• 33$150 to $199
• 35$200 to $249
• 19$250 to $299
• 24$350 to $399
• 3$400 to $449
• 62$450 to $499
• 26$500 to $549
• 4$550 to $599
• 3$600 to $649
• 9$800 to $899
• 4$1,000 to $1,249
• 4$1,250 to $1,499
• 15$1,500 to $1,999
• 77No cash rent

Median gross rent in 2019: $663.

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2019: $316,534.

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2019 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $190,377
• Black or African American householders: $156,592
• Two or more races householders: $184,952

Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $166,950 Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $80,636 - $324,696

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $246,474

Here:	$246,474
State:	$209,799

Mobile homes: $67,797

Here:	$67,797
State:	$69,597

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 2,304
• One, attached: 10
• Two: 18
• 3 or 4: 11
• 5 to 9: 30
• 10 to 19: 15
• 20 to 49: 4
• Mobile homes: 634

Unemployment: 4.5%

• Means of transportation to work in zip code 36278

• 79.6%1,178Drove a car alone
• 11.5%170Carpooled
• 0.7%11Walked
• 8.0%118Worked at home

• Travel time to work (commute) in zip code 36278

• 100Less than 5 minutes
• 1545 to 9 minutes
• 12510 to 14 minutes
• 29715 to 19 minutes
• 11020 to 24 minutes
• 1325 to 29 minutes
• 16030 to 34 minutes
• 1135 to 39 minutes
• 5940 to 44 minutes
• 20045 to 59 minutes
• 9960 to 89 minutes
• 2990 or more minutes

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 60.5%

Household type by relationship:

Households: 4,582

• Male householders: 892 (287 living alone), Female householders: 910 (267 living alone)

• 1,020 spouses (1,020 opposite-sex spouses), 77 unmarried partners, (77 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 1,307 children (1,180 natural, 16 adopted, 111 stepchildren), 171 grandchildren, 32 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 7 foster children, 75 other relatives, 0 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 85 (-1 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 805 2-persons, 148 3-persons, 136 4-persons, 65 5-persons, 58 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 553 1-person, 17 2-persons

489 married couples with children.
422 single-parent households (134 men, 288 women).

96.9% of residents of 36278 zip code speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (92% very well, 8% well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% very well, 30% well).

Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• RANDOLPH COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL (465 WOODLAND AVE in WEDOWEE, AL)

  (Geographic Names Information System)
  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-0020
  Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  

• RANDOLPH-ROANOKE AREA VOCATIONAL (960 MAIN ST S in WEDOWEE, AL)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-6000
  Organizations: RANDOLPH COUNTY (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• RANDOLPH-ROANOKE CAREER TECHNOLOGY CENTER (WEDOWEE HIGHWAY in WEDOWEE, AL)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-6000
  Organizations: ROANOKE CITY (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
  

• MID SOUTH PLATING (1632 COUNTY ROAD 23 in WEDOWEE, AL)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Business SIC and NAICS classification: ELECTROPLATING, PLATING, POLISHING, ANODIZING, AND COLORING
  Organizations: BRIAN RAUGHTON (CONTACT/OPERATOR) , STEVEN W. REAVES (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• KEYS PLATING & MACHINE CO (P O BOX 216 in WEDOWEE, AL)

  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR) , OWNERNAME (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• APAC SOUTHEAST INC (WEDOWEE QUARRY) (2850 OLD HWY 431 in WEDOWEE, AL)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  STATE MASTER (PERMIT TRACKING)
  Business SIC classification: CRUSHED AND BROKEN GRANITE
  

• PROBILT MANUFACTURING (HWY 431 S in WEDOWEE, AL)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  Business SIC and NAICS classification: LOGGING
  

• RANDOLPH CO SANITARY LANDFILL (RANDOLPH COUNTY COMMISSION in WEDOWEE, AL)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: REFUSE SYSTEMS
  Alternative names: RANDOLPH COUNTY SANITARY LF, RANDOLPH COUNTY SLF

• RANDOLPH COUNTY CONCRETE INC (18985 HIGHWAY 431 in WEDOWEE, AL)

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

• NAPA AUTO PARTS (103 SOUTH MAIN STREET in WEDPOWEE, AL)

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

• RANDOLPH COUNTY CD LANDFILL (RANDOLPH COUNTY COMMISSION in WEDOWEE, AL)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: HEAVY CONSTRUCTION
  Alternative names: RANDOLPH CO CD LANDFILL

• RANDOLPH COUNTY CONCRETE (RANDOLPH COUNTY CONCRETE INC in WEDOWEE, AL)

  National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
  Business SIC classification: READY-MIXED CONCRETE
  Alternative names: RANDOLPH CO CONCRETE

• RANDOLPH COUNTY DRUM SITE (COUNTY ROAD 431 N in WEDOWEE, AL)

  TSD (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR) , RANDOLPH CO. DRUM SITE (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: RANDOLPH CO. DRUM SITE

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 6.6%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 8.2%

Population in 1990: 3,101. Population change in the 1990s: +338 (+10.9%).

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

• This state: 2,723
• Northeast: 105
• Midwest: 202
• South: 1,416
• West: 85

68% of the 36278 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Alabama.

87% of the 36278 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% moved from this county.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% moved from different county within same state.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 25% moved from different state.

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 61
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 18 Students in private undergraduate colleges: 35

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

• BENNETT, JOHN J (493 COUNTY RD 247 in WEDOWEE, IA; small business) : $30,000 in 4 contracts from 2002 to 2004

  $10,000 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Facilities Operations Support Services. Taking place in IA. Signed on 2004-02-11. Completion date: 2004-09-30.
  $10,000 with Army for Facilities Operations Support Services. Taking place in IA. Signed on 2004-02-11. Completion date: 2004-09-30.
  $5,000 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Facilities Operations Support Services. Taking place in IA. Signed on 2003-01-23. Completion date: 2003-09-30.
  $5,000, same as above. Signed on 2002-02-21. Completion date: 2002-09-30.
  

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

• Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (100-249 employees: 1 establishment)
• Finance and Insurance: Commercial Banking (20-49: 2, 1-4: 1)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (10-19: 2, 1-4: 2)
• Management of Companies and Enterprises: Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices (20-49: 1)
• Educational Services: Elementary and Secondary Schools (10-19: 1, 5-9: 1)

2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents

According to the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 29. The highest number of reported fire incidents - 152 took place in 2007, and the least - 1 in 2004. The data has a rising trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (49.0%), and Outside Fires (41.2%).


• Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 36278
• 22549.0%Structure Fires
• 18941.2%Outside Fires
• 429.2%Mobile Property/Vehicle Fires
• 30.7%Other

See full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System statistics for zip code 36278, Alabama

Most common first names in zip code 36278 among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
James	43	73.4 years
William	41	74.6 years
John	38	77.3 years
Mary	30	73.1 years
Robert	22	74.9 years
Willie	17	75.4 years
Thomas	14	71.7 years
Charlie	13	71.6 years
George	11	72.0 years
Minnie	10	86.6 years

Most common last names in zip code 36278 among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Holloway	22	68.4 years
White	19	73.9 years
Smith	18	70.5 years
Knight	17	70.2 years
Mitchell	17	77.2 years
Boyd	16	73.2 years
Wright	16	75.6 years
Perry	15	75.6 years
Lipham	14	72.9 years
Johnson	14	73.2 years

Businesses in zip code 36278

• FedEx: 1
• H&R Block: 1
• Subway: 1