Estimated zip code population in 2019: 2,937 Zip code population in 2010: 2,822 Zip code population in 2000: 2,921
Houses and condos: 1,382 Renter-occupied apartments: 294
% of renters here:
27%
State:
31%
March 2019 cost of living index in zip code 47959: 85.2 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)
Land area: 68.4 sq. mi. Water area: 0.2 sq. mi.
Population density: 43 people per square mile
(very low).
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Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2019:
This zip code:
0.6% ($589)
Indiana:
0.8% ($1,263)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $618 (0.5%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $544 (0.6%)
Business Search- 14 Million verified businesses
Males: 1,577
(53.7%)
Females: 1,360
(46.3%)
For population 25 years and over in 47959:
High school or higher: 68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.1%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.8%
Unemployed: 6.2%
Mean travel time to work (commute): 27.0 minutes
For population 15 years and over in 47959:
Never married: 32.7%
Now married: 45.0%
Separated: 0.9%
Widowed: 5.4%
Divorced: 16.0%
Zip code 47959 compared to state average:
Median house value below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
Number of college students significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
Estimated median house/condo value in 2019: $99,517
47959:
$99,517
Indiana:
$156,000
Median resident age:
This zip code:
37.1 years
Indiana median age:
38.0 years
Average household size:
This zip code:
2.7 people
Indiana:
2.5 people
Averages for the 2012 tax year for zip code 47959, filed in 2013:
Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2012: $36,919 (Individual Income Tax Returns)
Here:
$36,919
State:
$52,932
Salary/wage: $31,739 (reported on 84.3% of returns)
Here:
$31,739
State:
$45,173
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 77.1% for AGIs below $25k, 86.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 79.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 75.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 44.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)
Taxable interest for individuals: $900 (reported on 23.1% of returns)
This zip code:
$900
Indiana:
$1,311
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.9% for AGIs below $25k, 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.4% for AGIs $100k-200k)
Ordinary dividends: $2,669 (reported on 11.9% of returns)
Here:
$2,669
State:
$4,690
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs below $25k, 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2.4% for AGIs $100k-200k)
Profit/loss from business: +$5,008 (reported on 9.0% of returns)
Here:
+$5,008
State:
+$11,105
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.7% for AGIs below $25k, 1.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.7% for AGIs $50k-75k)
Taxable individual retirement arrangement distribution: $9,658 (reported on 9.0% of returns)
47959:
$9,658
Indiana:
$13,841
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.5% for AGIs below $25k, 2.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 8.4% for AGIs $75k-100k)
Total itemized deductions: $18,827 (20% of AGI, reported on 11.2% of returns)
Here:
$18,827
State:
$20,913
Here:
19.8% of AGI
State:
18.2% of AGI
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.8% for AGIs below $25k, 2.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 6.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 8.2% for AGIs $100k-200k)
Charity contributions: $3,475 (reported on 9.0% of returns)
Here:
$3,475
State:
$4,697
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.6% for AGIs $100k-200k)
Taxes paid: $5,807 (reported on 11.2% of returns)
47959:
$5,807
State:
$7,456
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.5% for AGIs below $25k, 0.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.7% for AGIs $100k-200k)
Earned income credit: $2,296 (reported on 19.4% of returns)
Here:
$2,296
State:
$2,265
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.1% for AGIs below $25k, 1.0% for AGIs $25k-50k)
Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2012 taxes: 67.2%
Here:
67%
State:
53%
(% for various income ranges: 62.3% for AGIs below $25k, 73.8% for AGIs $25k-50k, 70.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 57.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 71.4% for AGIs $100k-200k)
Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 47959, filed in 2005:
Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $30,376 (Individual Income Tax Returns)
Here:
$30,376
State:
$44,790
Salary/wage: $28,364 (reported on 85.7% of returns)
Here:
$28,364
State:
$39,615
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 143.6% for AGIs below $10k, 80.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 85.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 77.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 86.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 45.3% for AGIs over 100k)
Taxable interest for individuals: $1,251 (reported on 35.1% of returns)
This zip code:
$1,251
Indiana:
$1,535
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.9% for AGIs below $10k, 1.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.1% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.6% for AGIs over 100k)
Taxable dividends: $2,820 (reported on 16.5% of returns)
Here:
$2,820
State:
$2,998
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.3% for AGIs below $10k, 1.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 9.8% for AGIs over 100k)
Net capital gain/loss: +$2,624 (reported on 11.6% of returns)
Here:
+$2,624
State:
+$8,619
(% of AGI for various income ranges: -3.3% for AGIs below $10k, -0.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 4.7% for AGIs over 100k)
Profit/loss from business: +$5,278 (reported on 10.4% of returns)
Here:
+$5,278
State:
+$10,071
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 11.1% for AGIs below $10k, 1.6% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.3% for AGIs $50k-75k)
IRA payment deduction: $2,714 (reported on 1.7% of returns)
47959:
$2,714
Indiana:
$2,840
Total itemized deductions: $13,332 (22% of AGI, reported on 15.9% of returns)
Here:
$13,332
State:
$17,065
Here:
22.4% of AGI
State:
19.5% of AGI
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 5.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 4.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 9.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 10.2% for AGIs over 100k)
Charity contributions deductions: $2,500 (4% of AGI, reported on 11.9% of returns)
Here:
$2,500
State:
$3,550
Here:
3.9% of AGI
State:
3.8% of AGI
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.7% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2.2% for AGIs over 100k)
Total tax: $3,400 (reported on 65.4% of returns)
47959:
$3,400
State:
$6,914
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.6% for AGIs below $10k, 3.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 8.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 16.2% for AGIs over 100k)
Earned income credit: $1,725 (reported on 19.2% of returns)
Here:
$1,725
State:
$1,685
Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 72.7%
Here:
73%
State:
59%
(% for various income ranges: 66.3% for AGIs below $10k, 74.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 74.2% for AGIs $25k-50k, 77.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 67.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 78.3% for AGIs over 100k)
Household received Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 63 Household did not receive Food Stamps/SNAP in the past 12 months: 1,025
Women who had a birth in the past 12 months: 54 (23 now married, 30 unmarried) Women who did not have a birth in the past 12 months: 504 (185 now married, 319 unmarried)
Housing units in zip code 47959 with a mortgage: 470 (62 home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 318
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $945 Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $390
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2019:
This zip code:
18.2%
Whole state:
11.9%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2019:
This zip code:
5.9%
Whole state:
6.2%
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:
6.6
State:
6.5
Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:
5.3
State:
4.4
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages
242 married couples with children.
391 single-parent households (141 men, 250 women).
70.1% of residents of 47959 zip code speak English at home.
29.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% very well, 24% well, 26% not well, 12% not at all).
Foreign born population: 561 (19.1%) (14.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
19.1%
Whole state:
5.3%
64%Costa Rica
31%Honduras
3%El Salvador
13%German
12%American
4%English
3%Irish
1%British
1%Italian
1%Croatian
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
1902010 or later
2422000 to 2009
1021990 to 1999
59Before 1990
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
MONON WWTP (100 PINE ST in MONON, IN)
STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) - CRTK-6585, EPCRA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS Organizations: JAMES MEYERS OPERATOR (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, MONON TOWN HALL (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: MONON MUNICIPAL STP, MONON TOWN OF SEWAGE PLAN
NORTH WHITE HIGH SCHOOL (310 E BROADWAY in MONON, IN)
(Geographic Names Information System) STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) - CRTK-8399, EPCRA, UST-9895, UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK PROGRAM (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-9135 Organizations: NORTH WHITE SCHOOL CORP (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
MILESTONE CONTRACTORS (620 US 421 N in MONON, IN)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) - ACES-OP-18103129, AIR PROGRAM, CRTK-2609, EPCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: ASPHALT PAVING MIXTURES AND BLOCKS Organizations: FAUBER CONST CO INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: FAUBER CONSTRUCTION
AT AND T LONG LINES MONON IND (APPROX 1 SEVEN MI W OF MONON in MONON, IN)
STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) - CRTK-3966, EPCRA (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
PRECISION FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES INC (924 W SR 16 in MONON, IN)
STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) - CRTK-4393, EPCRA CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: SHEET METALWORK; FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES Business NAICS classification: ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCT AND PREPARATION MANUFACTURING. Organizations: APPLIED POWER INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
MATERIAL SERVICE CORP. YARD 49 (U.S. ROUTE 421 AND QUARRY ROAD in MONON, IN)
STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Business SIC classification: CONSTRUCTION SAND AND GRAVEL Organizations: CERTIFIED OPERATOR (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, MATERIAL SVC CORP (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: MATERIAL SVC CORP YD 49, MSC, YARD 49 MONON QUARRY
MONON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (167 W SR 16 in MONON, IN)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-9133 Organizations: NORTH WHITE SCHOOL CORP (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
NORTH WHITE MIDDLE SCHOOL (310 E BROADWAY in MONON, IN)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-9134 Organizations: NORTH WHITE SCHOOL CORP (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
CSX TRANSPORTATION (SR 43 in MONON, IN)
STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: CSX TRANSPORTATION INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
SMITH CONSTRUCTION CO INC (CO RD 650 N in MONON, IN)
STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: VULCAN MATERIALS CO (CONTACT/OWNER)
CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS INC (314 N MARKET ST in MONON, IN)
STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) TRANSPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: JACOBS EDWARD D (CONTACT/OWNER)
GUTWEIN MOTOR CO INC (300 N MARKET in MONON, IN)
STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: GUTWEIN PHILIP (CONTACT/OWNER)
NORTH WHITE SCHOOL CORP (121 W SR 16 in MONON, IN)
STATE MASTER (Indiana facility tracking) COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4.7% Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 5.8%
65.1%Utility gas
22.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
10.4%Electricity
2.2%Wood
Population in 1990: 3,119.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 1,868
Northeast: 25
Midwest: 212
South: 182
West: 63
53% of the 47959 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Indiana.
91% of the 47959 zip code residents lived in the same house 1 year ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 13% moved from this county. Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% moved from different county within same state. Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% moved from different state. Out of people who lived in different houses, 6% moved from abroad.
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
Here:
1.7%
Indiana:
12.5%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school):
Here:
0.0%
Indiana:
9.8%
Students in private undergraduate colleges:
Here:
0.0%
Indiana:
21.4%
Occupation by median earnings in the past 12 months ($)
62,526Construction and extraction occupations
62,331Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and other technical occupations
46,051Transportation occupations
41,282Business and financial operations occupations
38,850Sales and related occupations
37,929Production occupations
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
HPA MONON CORPORATION (1 WATER TOWER DR in MONON, IN) 16 employees, $71000000 revenue
$100,000 with Federal Emergency Management Agency (disused code: now 7022) for Motor Freight. Signed on 2001-06-15. Completion date: 2001-07-15.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing: Video Tape and Disc Rental (20-49 employees: 1 establishment)
Mining: Crushed and Broken Limestone Mining and Quarrying (5-9: 2)
Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (5-9: 1, 1-4: 2)
Fatal accident statistics in 2010:
Fatal accident count: 2
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 2
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
Fatalities: 2
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 2
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
2003 - 2018 National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) incidents
Based on the data from the years 2003 - 2018 the average number of fire incidents per year is 24. The highest number of fires - 49 took place in 2007, and the least - 2 in 2003. The data has a growing trend.
When looking into fire subcategories, the most incidents belonged to: Structure Fires (35.2%), and Outside Fires (34.2%).
Fire incident types reported to NFIRS in Zip Code 47959