
Yazoo County · Mississippi
ZIP code 39179
- Population
- 904
- Median income
- $40,789
- Median home
- —
- Sales tax
- 7%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
Mississippi state rate
Quick answer
ZIP 39179 sits in Yazoo County, Mississippi and is home to 904 people. Median household income is $40,789, the median home is worth — and median gross rent is $978. 74.4% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 7% (Mississippi state rate).
- County
- Yazoo County
- State
- Mississippi (MS)
- Area codes
- Not published
- Metro area
- Outside covered metros
FIPS 28163
427 ZIPs covered
No NANPA match for this ZIP
Rate jurisdiction used for tax
The numbers for 39179
American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.
- Population
- 904ZIP 39179 residents
- Median household income
- $40,789Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $978Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 40.8 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 74.4%Owner-occupied households
ZIP 39179 in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
ZIP 39179 is a very small community in Yazoo County, Mississippi, with 904 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #331 of 427 ranked by population — larger than 22% of them. The median age here is 40.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in ZIP 39179 earn a median of $40,789 a year, 48.1% 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 29.1% 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 ZIP 39179 is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $978 a month, 30.4% below the national figure, or roughly $11,736 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 28.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. 74.4% 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.
With 904 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare ZIP 39179 against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld home value for ZIP 39179 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Reading ZIP 39179 in context
How 39179 sits inside Yazoo County and Mississippi.
ZIP 39179 is tabulated inside Yazoo County, Mississippi, one of 6 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 427 across Mississippi. Fewer than 2,500 people are counted here, so the ZIP behaves like a village delivery route rather than a neighbourhood. 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 39179 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.
Against its own county, 39179 reports a median household income of $40,789, 16% below the $48,585 county median, and 17% below the $49,375 typical MS ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of not published. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $978 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 39179 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 39179 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 39179
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 39179 compares
ZIP 39179 against the median ZIP in Yazoo County and across Mississippi.
| Measure | ZIP 39179 | County median | State median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $40,789 | $48,585 | $49,375 | -17% |
| Median home value | — | $165,300 | $113,850 | — |
| Median gross rent | $978 | $957 | $795 | +23% |
| Population | 904 | 1,561 | 2,742 | -67% |
Medians are computed across the 6 ZIP areas in Yazoo County and the 427 ZIP areas in Mississippi.
Statewide rank
Where this ZIP places among all 427 Mississippi ZIP areas.
- Income
- #268
- Home value
- —
- Population
- #331
richer than 29% of 379 state ZIPs
Not published
larger than 22% of 427 state ZIPs
Comparable ZIP codes
Mississippi ZIP areas with almost the same household income.
Nearby ZIP codes
Other ZIP codes filed under Yazoo County.
Adjacent ZIP Codes
Other ZIP codes in Yazoo County, Mississippi.
ZIP 39179 questions
Common questions about this ZIP code.
- Where is ZIP code 39179?
- ZIP 39179 lies mostly in Yazoo 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 39179?
- Mississippi charges 7% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
- Is 39179 expensive to live in?
- Median rent runs $978 a month, about 29% of median household income, and the median home is worth — — — 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.