
Mississippi · FIPS 28081
Lee ZIP codes — Lee County, Mississippi
Quick answer
Lee County is home to 83,138 residents with a median household income of $67,144 and a median home value of $187,800. 70.2% of households own their home and 13.8% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Lee ZIP code? 8 ZIP code areas fall inside Lee County, Mississippi, listed in full below.
- Population
- 83,138Lee County residents
- Median household income
- $67,144Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $187,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $929Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 37.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 70.2%Owner-occupied households
Lee County, MS in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Lee County is a small city in Mississippi, with 83,138 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 37.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger 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 Lee County earn a median of $67,144 a year, 14.5% below the national figure of $78,538. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 13.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Lee County is valued at $187,800, 38.1% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $929 a month, 33.9% below the national figure, or roughly $11,148 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.6% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 70.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Lee County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Lee 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 Lee County?
- Lee County has 83,138 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Lee County?
- Median household income in Lee County is $67,144 a year, 14.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lee County?
- Median gross rent is $929 a month and the median home value is $187,800, so rent absorbs about 16.6% of median household income.
- Is Lee County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lee County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Lee 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.