Hattiesburg, MS
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Hattiesburg, MS: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 82,617. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet HATTIESBURG-MS · Hattiesburg, MS 3 ZIPs · 82,617 pop · #18675/25278 · Forrest County and Lamar County
INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-WIDE · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $58,174
- RANK-LOWER #18675/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Lumberton
- BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 52% owners
- POP-SMALL 82,617
- SPREAD-WIDE 39401→39402
- HOME-LOW $194,100
Nearest income peer: Lumberton, MS ( $3,968 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Hattiesburg
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Hattiesburg on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Lumberton · lowest
Lumberton · lowest
$54,206 median HH income
- Hattiesburg · this city
Hattiesburg · this city
$58,174 median HH income
- Purvis · near
Purvis · near
$63,887 median HH income
- Sumrall · near
Sumrall · near
$64,321 median HH income
- Brooklyn · near
Brooklyn · near
$69,525 median HH income
- Petal · highest
Petal · highest
$74,035 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Hattiesburg, MS sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- 26th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 82,617
- city population (Census)
- 3
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $58,174
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
Below-median income with few delivery areas (3): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $58,174 and poverty 22.9% concentrate in 39401.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (52.0%) for this income tier, rent $1,061 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within Mississippi, Hamilton is the closest lower-income city and Harrisville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Hattiesburg.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Hattiesburg differ
Hattiesburg's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $41,127 in ZIP 39401 to $75,220 in ZIP 39402, while home values span $134,300 in 39401 to $253,900 in 39402. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.8×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.9×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 16.4 points
39401 to 39402
39401 to 39402
39402 to 39401
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 39401 skews compact Hattiesburg
In this 3-ZIP cluster, 39401 covers about 52% of Hattiesburg's 82,617 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Hattiesburg
Citywide ZBP: 2,380 establishments, 39,512 employees , annual payroll $1,939,072k (~29 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 39402 (1,388 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (488) · also Health care and social assistance · Accommodation and food services .
ZIP Codes in Hattiesburg, MS
These ZIP codes straddle Forrest County and Lamar County, so county-level figures split Hattiesburg between several administrative records. See the Forrest County roll-up →
Hattiesburg sits in the lower half of Forrest County and Lamar County on income: Petal, Purvis and Sumrall report more, and only Lumberton reports less. Petal marks the far end of that range at $74,035, 27% above Hattiesburg.
Side-by-side: Compare 39401 vs 39402 →
Hattiesburg roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Hattiesburg, .