36476 ZIP Code — River Falls, AL

ZIP code 36476 covers River Falls, Alabama.

Poverty rate: 48.8%36.4 points above the US average
Degree or higher: 0%35 points below the US average
Time zone: Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time

Where 36476 is

River Falls, Alabama — the point the Postal Service gives for this ZIP code. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes rather than an area, so this marks its centre, not its boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Born outside the US	0%
Speaks a language other than English at home	0%
White (non-Hispanic)	100%
Black (non-Hispanic)	0%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	0%
Hispanic or Latino	0%
Veterans	0%

Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Poverty rate	48.8%

Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Vacant homes	30%
Median year built	1976

What the homes are

Detached house	80%
Mobile home	20%

Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Bachelor's degree or higher	0%
High school diploma or higher	60%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall risk	Higher than 89% of US census tracts
FEMA rating	Relatively High
Expected annual loss	85.8 out of 100
Community resilience	30.9 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Lightning	99.5Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane	97Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought	91.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	89.4Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide	88.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire	78.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding	77.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave	70.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave	69.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind	68.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather	47.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail	44Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake	39.3Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm	33Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Compared with Alabama and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

	This ZIP	Alabama	United States
Median household income	—	$62,027	$78,538
Income per person	—	$34,835	$43,289
Poverty rate	48.8%	15.6%	12.4%
Median home value	—	$195,100	$303,400
Median gross rent	—	$963	$1,348
Homeownership	—	69.9%	65%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0%	27.8%	35%
Unemployment rate	—	4.8%	5.2%
Works from home	—	7.8%	13.5%
Born outside the US	0%	3.8%	13.9%
Median age	—	39.3	38.7

Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather station	ANDALUSIA 3 W, AL US5.4 km away
Rain in a year	60 in
Snow in a year	0 in

Average high and low by month

January	60.5°F / 35.2°F5.19 in rain
February	64.6°F / 38.3°F4.62 in rain
March	71.5°F / 44°F4.97 in rain, 0.3 in snow
April	77.7°F / 50.1°F4.86 in rain
May	84.2°F / 59.1°F4.32 in rain
June	89°F / 67.6°F5.65 in rain
July	90.6°F / 70.2°F6.21 in rain
August	90.2°F / 70°F6.34 in rain
September	86.9°F / 65.1°F5.14 in rain
October	79.1°F / 52.9°F3.4 in rain
November	70°F / 41.5°F4.11 in rain
December	62.8°F / 37.3°F5.45 in rain

Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarket	100% of this ZIP code's area
Far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarket	None of this ZIP code

School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

Covington County School District	100% of this ZIP code's land area

Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability	52more vulnerable than 52% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status	69more vulnerable than 69% of US census tracts
Household characteristics	41more vulnerable than 41% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status	25more vulnerable than 25% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport	41more vulnerable than 41% of US census tracts
Walkability	4.1 out of 20Least walkable

Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

36421 Andalusia, AL	4.6 km away
36420 Andalusia, AL	7.9 km away
36038 Gantt, AL	8 km away
36474 Red Level, AL	11.8 km away
36028 Dozier, AL	23.8 km away
36429 Brooklyn, AL	24.1 km away
36467 Opp, AL	28.2 km away
36456 Mc Kenzie, AL	28.2 km away

Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

Covington County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zone	Central (UTC-06:00 standard)
Daylight saving time	Observed
Land area	0.4 sq mi
Latitude, longitude	31.3533, -86.5410

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.