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66742 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 66742 covers Gas, Kansas, with a median household income of $86,458.

Median age
54.515.8 points above the US average
Median household income
$86,4581.2× the Kansas median
Poverty rate
0%12.4 points below the US average
Degree or higher
0%35 points below the US average
Time zone
Central UTC-06:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
13

Where 66742 is

Gas, Kansas — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median age54.5
Born outside the US0%
Speaks a language other than English at home0%
White (non-Hispanic)87.1%
Black (non-Hispanic)0%
Asian (non-Hispanic)0%
Hispanic or Latino12.9%
Veterans0%
Income and poverty

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median household income$86,458
Income per person$49,565
Poverty rate0%
Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Median year built1974
Work, commuting and education

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Unemployment rate0%
Bachelor's degree or higher0%
High school diploma or higher100%
Works from home0%
Drives to work alone71%
Takes public transport0%
Commutes 45 minutes or more35.5%
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments13
People employed51
Annual payroll$1,719,000
Natural hazard risk

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

Overall riskHigher than 22.1% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Low
Expected annual loss28.9 out of 100
Community resilience46.3 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.

Drought92.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather86.8Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning86.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind85.9Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm82Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire78.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave73.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail73.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide65.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave60.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado59.1Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane30.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding19.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake18.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Compared with Kansas 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 ZIPKansasUnited States
Median household income$86,458$72,639$78,538
Income per person$49,565$39,638$43,289
Poverty rate0%11.5%12.4%
Median home value$203,400$303,400
Median gross rent$1,029$1,348
Homeownership66.9%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher0%35.2%35%
Unemployment rate0%3.9%5.2%
Works from home0%10.7%13.5%
Born outside the US0%7.2%13.9%
Median age54.537.238.7
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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 stationIOLA 1 W, KS US6.8 km away
Rain in a year42 in
Snow in a year7 in

Average high and low by month

January41.4°F / 20.3°F1.27 in rain, 2.7 in snow
February46.8°F / 24.7°F1.56 in rain, 1.1 in snow
March56.9°F / 34.2°F2.63 in rain, 1 in snow
April66.5°F / 44.7°F4.42 in rain
May74.9°F / 55.5°F5.81 in rain
June84.1°F / 65.1°F5.36 in rain
July88.5°F / 69.2°F4.72 in rain
August87.8°F / 66.8°F4.04 in rain
September80.3°F / 58.3°F4.35 in rain
October69.3°F / 46.3°F3.64 in rain
November56°F / 34.5°F2.43 in rain, 0.2 in snow
December44.3°F / 24.4°F1.81 in rain, 2.4 in snow
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 supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone 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%.

Iola Unified School District 257100% 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 vulnerability23more vulnerable than 23% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status36more vulnerable than 36% of US census tracts
Household characteristics28more vulnerable than 28% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status15more vulnerable than 15% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport23more vulnerable than 23% of US census tracts
Walkability5.6 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

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

66751 La Harpe, KS4.2 km away
66749 Iola, KS4.7 km away
66748 Humboldt, KS14.8 km away
66755 Moran, KS16 km away
66761 Piqua, KS16.5 km away
66015 Colony, KS17.1 km away
66758 Neosho Falls, KS18.5 km away
66732 Elsmore, KS21.5 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.

Allen County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneCentral (UTC-06:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.09 sq mi
Latitude, longitude37.9232, -95.3467

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.

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