
Rankin County · Mississippi
ZIP code 39047
- Population
- 40,866
- Median income
- $93,114
- Median home
- $265,300
- Sales tax
- 7%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
Mississippi state rate
Quick answer
ZIP 39047 sits in Rankin County, Mississippi and is home to 40,866 people. Median household income is $93,114, the median home is worth $265,300 and median gross rent is $1,491. 85.2% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 7% (Mississippi state rate).
- County
- Rankin County
- State
- Mississippi (MS)
- Area codes
- Not published
- Metro area
- Outside covered metros
FIPS 28121
427 ZIPs covered
No NANPA match for this ZIP
Rate jurisdiction used for tax
The numbers for 39047
American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.
- Population
- 40,866ZIP 39047 residents
- Median household income
- $93,114Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $265,300Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,491Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 38 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 85.2%Owner-occupied households
ZIP 39047 in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
ZIP 39047 is a small city in Rankin County, Mississippi, with 40,866 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #9 of 427 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 38 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in ZIP 39047 earn a median of $93,114 a year, 18.6% above 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 6.2% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 39047 is valued at $265,300, 12.6% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $1,491 a month, 6% above the national figure, or roughly $17,892 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.2% 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. 85.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. 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.
Reading ZIP 39047 in context
How 39047 sits inside Rankin County and Mississippi.
ZIP 39047 is tabulated inside Rankin County, Mississippi, one of 10 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 427 across Mississippi. This is a dense urban ZIP, where a single postal boundary can hold more residents than an entire rural county. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 39047 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.
Against its own county, 39047 reports a median household income of $93,114, 29% above the $72,099 county median, and 89% above the $49,375 typical MS ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $265,300, 47% above the county figure and 133% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,491 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.
Mississippi charges 7% statewide, and local governments overlapping 39047 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.
Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 39047 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.
Sales tax in 39047
What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.
Mississippi levies 7% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.
Affordability in this ZIP
Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.
A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.
How 39047 compares
ZIP 39047 against the median ZIP in Rankin County and across Mississippi.
| Measure | ZIP 39047 | County median | State median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $93,114 | $72,099 | $49,375 | +89% |
| Median home value | $265,300 | $180,900 | $113,850 | +133% |
| Median gross rent | $1,491 | $1,146 | $795 | +88% |
| Population | 40,866 | 8,055 | 2,742 | +1390% |
Medians are computed across the 10 ZIP areas in Rankin County and the 427 ZIP areas in Mississippi.
Statewide rank
Where this ZIP places among all 427 Mississippi ZIP areas.
- Income
- #7
- Home value
- #9
- Population
- #9
richer than 98% of 379 state ZIPs
above 98% of 378 state ZIPs
larger than 98% of 427 state ZIPs
Comparable ZIP codes
Mississippi ZIP areas with almost the same household income.
Nearby ZIP codes
Other ZIP codes filed under Rankin County.
Adjacent ZIP Codes
Other ZIP codes in Rankin County, Mississippi.
ZIP 39047 questions
Common questions about this ZIP code.
- Where is ZIP code 39047?
- ZIP 39047 lies mostly in Rankin County, Mississippi. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
- What sales tax do I pay in 39047?
- Mississippi charges 7% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
- Is 39047 expensive to live in?
- Median rent runs $1,491 a month, about 19% of median household income, and the median home is worth $265,300 — +133% against the typical Mississippi ZIP.
- Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
- Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.
Keep going
Related pages for this area.
Sources & transparency
- US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates — 2019-2023 ACS 5-year — population, income, housing
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file — County assignment by largest land-area overlap
- Mississippi Department of Revenue — Sales tax rates and local add-ons
Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.