
Mississippi · FIPS 28075
Lauderdale ZIP codes — Lauderdale County, Mississippi
Quick answer
Lauderdale County is home to 71,984 residents with a median household income of $50,033 and a median home value of $124,500. 63.2% of households own their home and 25.1% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Lauderdale ZIP code? 9 ZIP code areas fall inside Lauderdale County, Mississippi, listed in full below.
- Population
- 71,984Lauderdale County residents
- Median household income
- $50,033Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $124,500Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $897Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 39.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 63.2%Owner-occupied households
Lauderdale County, MS in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Lauderdale County is a small city in Mississippi, with 71,984 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 39.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.
Households in Lauderdale County earn a median of $50,033 a year, 36.3% below the national figure of $78,538. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 25.1% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Lauderdale County is valued at $124,500, 59% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $897 a month, 36.2% below the national figure, or roughly $10,764 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 63.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
ZIP codes in Lauderdale County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Lauderdale County.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in Mississippi
Largest Census places in Mississippi by population.
- Jackson city 149,827
- Gulfport city 72,533
- Southaven city 55,531
- Biloxi city 49,011
- Hattiesburg city 48,507
- Olive Branch city 46,538
- Tupelo city 37,825
- Meridian city 34,466
- Greenville city 28,833
- Madison city 27,775
- Pearl city 27,458
- Clinton city 27,418
Nearby counties
Other counties in Mississippi.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Lauderdale County?
- Lauderdale County has 71,984 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Lauderdale County?
- Median household income in Lauderdale County is $50,033 a year, 36.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lauderdale County?
- Median gross rent is $897 a month and the median home value is $124,500, so rent absorbs about 21.5% of median household income.
- Is Lauderdale County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lauderdale County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Lauderdale County data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.