Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in zip code 55912 with a mortgage: 6,434 (454 second mortgage, 1,057 home equity loan, 46 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 3,855
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,062
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $346
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
18.6%
Whole state:
11.0%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2010:
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Churches in zip code 55912 include: Queen of Angels Catholic Church (A), Bethlehem Free Church (B), Our Savior's Lutheran Church (C), Open Bible Church (D), Grace Baptist Church (E), Grace Church (F), Northwest Church of Christ (G), Christ Episcopal Church (H), Holy Cross Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Kennevan Family Cemetery (1), Rose Creek Cemetery (2), Grand View Memorial Gardens (3), Cedar City Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in zip code 55912 include: Shirley Theel Memorial Park (1), Community Park (2), Fayette Sherman Park (3), Galloway Park (4), Horace Austin Park (5), North West Park (6), Crane Park (7), Neveln Park (8), Todd Park (9). Display/hide their locations on the map
5,507 married couples with children.
2,125 single-parent households (786 men, 1,339 women).
87.5% of residents of 55912 zip code speak English at home.
132.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (3% very well, 5% well, 66% not well, 26% not at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (27% very well, 46% well, 27% not well, 1% not at all).
16.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (23% very well, 19% well, 28% not well, 29% not at all).
169.8% of residents speak other language at home (29% very well, 2% well, 69% not well).
Foreign born population: 3,701 (10.7%) (18.9% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
10.7%
Whole state:
7.1%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Mexico (46%)
Vietnam (9%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (8%)
India (6%)
Cuba (5%)
Thailand (4%)
Korea (3%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 2,017
1990 to 1999: 1,037
1980 to 1989: 473
Before 1980: 361
Races in zip code 55912:
White population: 28,368 Black population: 2,648 American Indian population: 147 Asian population: 696 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 20,549 Two or more races population: 1,680 Hispanic or Latino population: 4,709
First ancestries reported:
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 26,320
Sudanese: 24,691
West Indian: 13,290
Dutch West Indian: 13,029
German: 9,353
Palestinian: 8,078
Slavic: 6,731
Other Subsaharan African: 6,514
Norwegian: 6,351
Other groups: 5,816
Turkish: 4,951
Irish: 1,954
Ethiopian: 1,399
English: 1,350
American: 1,216
Subsaharan African: 566
Croatian: 551
Danish: 523
Dutch: 500
Czech: 490
French (except Basque): 486
Swedish: 482
Finnish: 434
Polish: 298
Canadian: 261
Scottish: 219
Italian: 219
Pennsylvania German: 206
Scotch-Irish: 202
Greek: 161
Yugoslavian: 161
European: 150
Arab: 137
African: 116
French Canadian: 111
Austrian: 109
Russian: 95
Portuguese: 83
Hungarian: 69
Czechoslovakian: 67
Swiss: 64
Lebanese: 61
Scandinavian: 60
Belgian: 39
Welsh: 23
Slovak: 20
British: 12
Luxemburger: 5
Serbian: 3
Australian: 3
Ukrainian: 2
Public primary/middle schools in zip code 55912 not listed on the city page:
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
AUSTIN UTILITIES NORTHEAST POWER STATION (3701 11TH STREET NORTHEAST in AUSTIN, MN)
AIR MAJOR (AIRS/AFS) AIR PROGRAM (Clean Air Markets Division Business System) STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - AIRS-2709900001, AIR PROGRAM, PCS-A00001935, GENERAL PERMIT STORM WATER IND, AFS-2709900001, AIR MAJOR STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - PCS-MN0025810, NPDES NON-MAJOR, PCS-A00001935, NPDES STORMWATER PERMIT CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) - ICIS-05-2005-0010, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY Business SIC classification: ELECTRIC SERVICES; ELECTRIC AND OTHER SERVICES COMBINED Business NAICS classification: FOSSIL FUEL ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION.; ELECTRIC BULK POWER TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL.; ELECTRIC BULK POWER TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL. Organizations: SOUTHERN MINNESOTA MUNICIPAL POWER (CONTACT/OWNER)
, CITY OF AUSTIN UTILITIES (CONTACT/OWNER)
, AUSTIN CITY OF (CONTACT/OWNER)
, SOUTHERN MINNESOTA MUNICIPAL POWER (OWNER/OPERATOR)
, CITY OF AUSTIN UTILITIES (OWNER/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: AUSTIN UTILITIES - NE POWER STATION, AUSTIN UTILITIES-NORTHEAST, AUSTIN UTILITIES - NORTHEAST POWER PLANT, AUSTIN UTILITES, NORTHEAST STATION
AUSTIN UTILITIES DOWNTOWN PLANT (400 4TH STREET NORTHEAST in AUSTIN, MN)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) AIR PROGRAM (Clean Air Markets Division Business System) STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - PCS-A00001936, GENERAL PERMIT STORM WATER IND, RCRAINFO-MND078667946, SQG, PCS-A00001936, NPDES STORMWATER PERMIT, RCRIS-MND078667946, CESQG COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) 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)) Business SIC classification: ELECTRIC SERVICES Business NAICS classification: OTHER ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION. Organizations: AUSTIN CITY OF (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: AUSTIN - DT, AUSTIN UTILITIES 4AV, AUSTIN UTILITIES - 4TH AVE PLANT, AUSTIN UTILITIES-DOWNTOWN, AUSTIN-DT
AUSTIN ALC - SUMMER (301 3RD ST. N.W. in AUSTIN, MN)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-010492150 (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-010492145
AUSTIN FORD LINCOLN MERCURY (2701 W OAKLAND AVE in AUSTIN, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND022711790, CESQG, RCRIS-MND022711790, Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification USED OIL PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS (NEW AND USED) Business NAICS classification: NEW CAR DEALERS. Organizations: SAXTON MEL (CONTACT/OWNER)
AUSTIN UTILITIES (419 4TH AVE NE in AUSTIN, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - AIRS-2709900011, AIR PROGRAM, PCS-MN0025801, NPDES NON-MAJOR, AFS-2709900011, AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Business SIC classification: ELECTRIC SERVICES Business NAICS classification: ELECTRIC BULK POWER TRANSMISSION AND CONTROL. Alternative names: AUSTIN UTILITIES-DOWNTOWN, AUSTIN UTILITIES - DOWNTOWN PLANT
MOWER COUNTY SHOPPER (313 SECOND AVE NE in AUSTIN, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND157588922, CESQG, RCRIS-MND157588922, (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
OMS NO 2 S AUSTIN TACC (800 21ST ST NE in AUSTIN, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND980682074, CESQG, RCRIS-MND980682074, Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification TRANSPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Business SIC and NAICS classification: NATIONAL SECURITY Organizations: MINNESOTA STATE OF (CONTACT/OWNER)
, MINNESOTA DEPT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: OMS 2 S AUSTIN TACC
EXPRESS ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES (1301 18TH AVE NW in AUSTIN, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRIS-MNR000107979, CESQG (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: STEVEN SAVERAID (CONTACT/OWNER)
AUSTIN AUTO TRUCK PLAZA (1509 10TH PL NE in AUSTIN, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND981947625, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM, RCRIS-MND981947625, USED OIL PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: BUDGET OIL CO (CONTACT/OWNER)
, AUSTIN AUTO/TRUCK PLAZA (CONTACT/OWNER)
ACE AUTO BODY (1407 10TH DR SE in AUSTIN, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND982423741, CESQG, RCRIS-MND982423741, Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Business SIC classification: TOP, BODY, AND UPHOLSTERY REPAIR SHOPS AND PAINT SHOPS Organizations: REED LARRY (CONTACT/OWNER)
, ACE AUTOBODY (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: ACE AUTOBODY
AUSTIN MEDICAL CENTER (300 8TH AVENUE NORTHWEST in AUSTIN, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND076520667, CESQG, RCRIS-MND076520667, SQG Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Business SIC and NAICS classification: GENERAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HOSPITALS Organizations: ST OLAF HOSPITAL ASSC (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: ST OLAF HOSPITAL
AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION (1204 23RD AVE SW in AUSTIN, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND985696269, CESQG, PCS-168516110, GENERAL PERMIT STORM WATER IND, NPDES STORMWATER PERMIT, RCRIS-MND985696269, CESQG (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: SCHOOL BUSES Business NAICS classification: SCHOOL AND EMPLOYEE BUS TRANSPORTATION. Alternative names: AUSTIN TRANSPORTATION - SITE 2
MIDWEST DIESEL SALES AND SERVICE (2409 4TH STREET NORTHWEST in AUSTIN, MN)
STATE MASTER (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency permits and compilance tracking) - RCRAINFO-MND985743095, CESQG, RCRIS-MND985743095, Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification USED OIL PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOPS Business NAICS classification: GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR. Organizations: LETENDRE VERNON (CONTACT/OWNER)
, MIDWEST DIESEL SALES & SERVICE (CONTACT/OWNER)
Fire-safe hotels and motels in zip code 55912:
Days Inn Austin, 700 16TH Ave NW, Austin, MN 55912 , Phone: (507) 433-8600
Holiday Inn Austin, 1701 Fourth St NW, Austin, MN 55912 , Phone: (507) 433-1000, Fax: (507) 433-8749
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1.7%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2.4%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Utility gas (66%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
Electricity (10%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
Other fuel (3%)
Solar energy (3%)
No fuel used (2%)
Wood (2%)
Coal or coke (1%)
Population in 1990: 25,655. Population change in the 1990s: +2,357 (+9.2%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 19,396
Northeast: 238
Midwest: 5,196
South: 892
West: 880
59% of the 55912 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Minnesota.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 419
Here:
10.2%
Minnesota:
12.1%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 235
Here:
13.4%
Minnesota:
8.5%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 528
Here:
32.5%
Minnesota:
25.6%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION (1 HORMEL PL in AUSTIN, MN) : $67,998,063 in 111 contractsfrom 1999 to 2006
Contracts for Food Items For Resale, Non-Food Items For Resale, Meat, Poultry, and Fish by Defense Commissary Agency, Department of Defense, Agricultural Marketing Service Signed by year:2000: $3,047,107; 2001: $2,882,639; 2002: $4,717,783; 2003: $1,404,303; 2004: $17,120,675; 2005: $37,171,817; 2006: $284,949.
Biggest contracts:
$7,632,868 with Defense Commissary Agency for Food Items For Resale. Signed on 2005-04-01. Completion date: 2005-08-31.
$5,692,984, same as above.Signed on 2005-04-01. Completion date: 2005-08-31.
$5,652,356, same as above.Signed on 2004-10-01. Completion date: 2005-02-28.
$4,635,250 with Defense Commissary Agency for Non-Food Items For Resale. Signed on 2005-10-01. Completion date: 2005-12-31.
TORGERSON PROPERTIES, INC (1701 4TH ST NW in AUSTIN, MN; small business)
$3,190 with Army for Lodging - Hotel/Motel. Signed on 2004-06-08. Completion date: 2004-06-03.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005: