i am looking for a complete list of united states zip codes and their
average household incomes.
example: 20878 $50,000 | 90210 $70,000 | 12345 $30,000 | 24601
$100,000 | etc. |
Clarification of Question by
mteige1-ga
on
22 Aug 2002 07:00 PDT
ps. this is for an art project; i'm not using the information for
business purposes. just thought you should know... ;)
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Request for Question Clarification by
bethc-ga
on
22 Aug 2002 09:57 PDT
Hi mteige1-ga,
It appears that the US Census 2000 income figures are in the process
of being released now. From their website:
"Census 2000 data about income will be released on FactFinder from
June - September 2002"
Are you interested in knowing how to get the data that they do have
available now, by zip code? It can be obtained at 5-digit or 3-digit
level, but it appears that it is not compiled into one huge list, but
by state and zip code range.
Beth
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Clarification of Question by
mteige1-ga
on
22 Aug 2002 13:50 PDT
beth,
sure, that information would be useful. do you think that from it i
might be able to construct my own list of zip codes and incomes? for
instance, by looking at a lot of different lists, i might get enough
information to get something close to what i originally mentioned (a
one-to-one mapping of zip codes and incomes)?
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Request for Question Clarification by
bethc-ga
on
22 Aug 2002 16:34 PDT
At this time, the information from the 2000 Census linking ZIP code
and income is available only for the following states:
Alabama
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Illinois
Kentucky
Maryland
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
Utah
Vermont
Wyoming
Even at a state level, the numbers are only available for these states
at this time. But it is not neatly laid out in a list. It needs to be
obtained through various screens and formulated into a report online.
Let me give you a sample of the data, and what is needed to get it.
For Alabama, you could obtain the information that the Median
Household Income for 1999 for the ZIP codes beginning with 350xx is
$35,374. There are about 20 different 3 digit ZIP code beginnings in
Alabama. The information can be obtained for each discrete 5 digit ZIP
code as well, if you need that. You will just have many more data
points to deal with. To get this, you have to go through numerous
screens in which you select the type of data (median household income
1999), state, and level of detail (3 digit or 5 digit ZIP).
If 3 digit ZIP is detailed enough for you, I can get the information
on the above states and give it to you, and explain to you how to get
the other states as they become available. If you need 5 digit, that
is just more information than can be given to you here (there are
43,000 ZIP codes in the US!), but I can walk you through the process
and show you where to obtain it. Remember, the information is SUPPOSED
to be added through September, but I wouldn’t take that as a guarantee
that it will all be available then.
In any case, there is a notice on the site that they will be down for
maintenance from 8:00 pm EDT Thursday (tonight) until 6:00 am Friday
(tomorrow) morning. Perhaps they are adding more data! That is less
than an hour from now, so whatever you decide, it will have to wait
until tomorrow.
I hope this is clear. If not, just post another clarification.
Beth
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Clarification of Question by
mteige1-ga
on
23 Aug 2002 00:01 PDT
ok, how about this:
just concentrating on maryland, virginia and the district of columbia,
but working with the 5-digit zip codes? 3-digit isn't specific enough,
really...i would prefer to work with individual zips and the median
household income associated with it. if you think you can help me with
this data, then let's rock.
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Request for Question Clarification by
bethc-ga
on
23 Aug 2002 07:44 PDT
Hi mteigel-ga,
As of this morning, no additional data has been added on Median
Household Income for 1999. Virginia is still not one of the states for
which information is available.
A cursory look at just Maryland shows more than 700 ZIP codes, which
have to be obtained by running 12 separate reports, one for each of
the different 3 digit ranges. This is a considerable amount of work,
and a large amount of data to post here.
If your project deadline permits, perhaps you can repost your question
again in late September, when the information you require is more
likely to be available.
Good luck,
Beth
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