ZIP 62938 · Golconda
Who lives in ZIP code 62938 (Golconda, IL): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Golconda, IL · Pope County
uszips 2026
People2,622
Median age58.1
Household income$63,780
Home value$102,362
Median rent$425/mo
Poverty15.6%
College degree+17.1%
Commute27 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 6 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 1,044
Spans 3 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
33.0% are 65 or older; 87.1% are adults.
Household income
21.0% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $33,797.
Education (adults 25+)
41.0% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
3.4% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 50.3%
- Never married
- 22.1%
- Divorced
- 15.9%
- Widowed
- 11.7%
- Family size
- 2.96
- Dual-income families
- 28.7%
Housing
- Own their home
- 87.1%
- Rent burden
- 29.6%
- Men / women
- 53% / 47%
Work
- In labor force
- 39.5%
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
- Self-employed
- 10.4%
- Farmers
- 13.2%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 8.5%
- Veterans
- 12.0%
- With a disability
- 24.2%
- No health insurance
- 3.3%
- Limited English
- 0.2%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.