Housing data for ZIP code 39401

Name: Housing in ZIP code 39401, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
License: https://www.census.gov/data/developers/about/terms-of-service.html

ZIP code 39401 has an estimated 42,531 residents and 20,386 homes (US Census Bureau, 2020–2024 American Community Survey).

Most of its land lies in Hattiesburg, Forrest County.

56.4% of households rent.

The median gross rent is $948 (±$30) a month.

The median home value is $134,300 (±$13,151).

The median household income is $41,127 (±$2,869) a year.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Residents: 42,531 (±1,459)
Median gross rent: $948
Median home value: $134,300
Households that rent: 56.4%

How ZIP code 39401 compares

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	ZIP 39401	Hattiesburg	Forrest County	Mississippi	United States
Residents	42,531 (±1,459)	48,619	78,272	2,946,779	334,922,499
Housing units	20,386 (±558)	23,300	33,753	1,341,114	143,775,355
Households that rent	56.4% (±2.8 points)	62.8%	42.8%	30.0%	34.8%
Median gross rent	$948 (±$30)	$1,005	$972	$954	$1,413
Median home value	$134,300 (±$13,151)	$165,900	$168,000	$169,800	$332,700
Median household income	$41,127 (±$2,869)	$46,342	$53,640	$56,447	$80,734
Median real estate taxes (a year)	$1,102 (±$116)	$1,486	$1,361	$1,215	$3,119
Renters paying 30% or more of income	52.6% (±6.6 points)	51.6%	51.6%	51.3%	51.1%
Built before 1980	48.0% (±3.8 points)	49.3%	47.4%	41.4%	49.7%
Average commute	18.7 minutes (±1.8)	17.4 minutes	21.2 minutes	25.6 minutes	26.4 minutes
Households with broadband	84.1% (±2.5 points)	86.8%	86.4%	84.1%	91.0%
Median age of residents	30.7 years (±1.1)	29.4 years	32.0 years	38.6 years	38.9 years

In ZIP 39401, median gross rent is not measurably different from Forrest County ($972).

It is not measurably different from Mississippi ($954).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

The median gross rent in ZIP code 39401 is lower than in Hattiesburg as a whole ($1,005).

Its median home value is lower than in Hattiesburg as a whole ($165,900).

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Rent in ZIP code 39401

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	ZIP 39401	Forrest County	Mississippi	United States
Less than $500	10.4% (±3.1 points)	9.6%	12.5%	6.3%
$500 to $999	47.1% (±4.2 points)	43.9%	42.3%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	33.2% (±4.8 points)	39.1%	32.8%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	7.4% (±2.7 points)	5.8%	9.3%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	1.4% (±1.0 points)	1.1%	2.2%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.1% (±0.2 points)	0.1%	0.4%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.5% (±0.4 points)	0.4%	0.6%	6.8%

The most common range is $500 to $999, paid by 47.1% of renting households.

Rent by bedrooms in ZIP code 39401

Median gross rent by number of bedrooms, estimate (90% margin of error)
Bedrooms	Census median
Studio	$564 (±$124)
1 bedroom	$798 (±$67)
2 bedrooms	$985 (±$65)
3 bedrooms	$1,053 (±$113)
4 bedrooms	$1,310 (±$370)

Rent burden in ZIP code 39401

Renting households by gross rent as a percentage of household income, 2020–2024
Share of income spent on rent	ZIP 39401	Forrest County	Mississippi	United States
Less than 15%	11.5% (±3.2 points)	12.2%	14.4%	12.6%
15% to 19.9%	14.7% (±4.1 points)	14.3%	11.7%	12.2%
20% to 24.9%	8.8% (±2.6 points)	9.3%	11.8%	12.6%
25% to 29.9%	12.5% (±3.7 points)	12.5%	10.9%	11.5%
30% to 34.9%	11.4% (±3.4 points)	9.3%	9.2%	9.2%
35% or more	41.2% (±5.7 points)	42.3%	42.1%	41.9%

52.6% (±6.6 points) of renting households in ZIP code 39401 spend 30% or more of their income on gross rent.

Home values in ZIP code 39401

Owner-occupied homes by value, 2020–2024
Value	ZIP 39401	Forrest County	Mississippi	United States
Less than $50,000	14.8% (±2.8 points)	11.9%	13.2%	5.3%
$50,000 to $99,999	24.1% (±4.3 points)	17.3%	16.7%	6.1%
$100,000 to $149,999	16.6% (±3.5 points)	12.7%	13.4%	6.8%
$150,000 to $199,999	17.0% (±3.5 points)	18.0%	14.5%	9.0%
$200,000 to $299,999	14.3% (±3.0 points)	21.2%	20.3%	17.8%
$300,000 to $499,999	12.3% (±3.1 points)	15.4%	16.3%	26.9%
$500,000 to $999,999	0.6% (±0.5 points)	2.9%	4.6%	20.9%
$1,000,000 or more	0.4% (±0.6 points)	0.6%	0.9%	7.1%

Value is the owner’s own estimate of what the home and lot would sell for, not a sale price or an assessment.

The homes in ZIP code 39401

Housing units by units in structure, 2020–2024
Building type	ZIP 39401	Forrest County	Mississippi	United States
Single-family, detached	53.6% (±2.7 points)	62.7%	69.3%	61.3%
Single-family, attached (townhouse, rowhouse)	1.9% (±1.0 points)	1.5%	1.4%	6.2%
2 units	2.6% (±0.9 points)	2.2%	2.4%	3.4%
3 or 4 units	7.8% (±2.1 points)	5.1%	3.2%	4.3%
5 to 9 units	10.3% (±2.3 points)	6.5%	3.9%	4.5%
10 to 19 units	7.3% (±2.1 points)	5.1%	2.4%	4.3%
20 or more units	9.5% (±1.7 points)	6.7%	2.8%	10.3%
Mobile home	6.5% (±1.5 points)	9.7%	14.4%	5.6%
Boat, RV, van, etc.	0.5% (±0.5 points)	0.5%	0.2%	0.1%

When the homes in ZIP code 39401 were built

Housing units by year structure built, 2020–2024
Year built	ZIP 39401	Forrest County	Mississippi	United States
2020 or later	0.8% (±0.5 points)	1.3%	1.7%	2.0%
2010 to 2019	10.9% (±2.1 points)	10.7%	11.0%	9.4%
2000 to 2009	14.2% (±2.4 points)	15.1%	16.7%	13.6%
1990 to 1999	13.2% (±2.5 points)	13.5%	15.4%	12.4%
1980 to 1989	13.0% (±1.9 points)	12.0%	13.7%	12.9%
1970 to 1979	14.1% (±2.0 points)	15.5%	16.7%	14.2%
1960 to 1969	7.8% (±1.7 points)	11.4%	10.5%	9.9%
1950 to 1959	10.1% (±1.8 points)	8.7%	7.1%	9.5%
1940 to 1949	7.4% (±1.6 points)	5.8%	3.1%	4.4%
1939 or earlier	8.6% (±1.4 points)	6.0%	4.0%	11.7%

48.0% of the homes in ZIP code 39401 were built before 1980, so many fall under the federal lead-paint disclosure rules for homes built before 1978.

Heating fuel in ZIP code 39401

Occupied housing units by house heating fuel, 2020–2024
Fuel used most	ZIP 39401	Forrest County	Mississippi	United States
Utility gas	25.5% (±2.5 points)	25.9%	29.3%	46.5%
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.	0.5% (±0.5 points)	0.2%	0.1%	3.9%
Electricity	69.6% (±2.8 points)	68.1%	58.9%	41.3%
Bottled or tank gas (propane)	2.8% (±1.0 points)	4.4%	9.9%	4.9%
Wood	0.1% (±0.2 points)	0.5%	0.9%	1.4%
Solar energy	0.1% (±0.1 points)	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
Coal or coke	0.0% (±0.3 points)	0.0%	0.0%	0.1%
Other fuel	0.2% (±0.2 points)	0.1%	0.1%	0.5%
No fuel used	1.2% (±0.7 points)	0.8%	0.7%	1.2%

How people in ZIP code 39401 get to work

Workers 16 and over by means of transportation to work, 2020–2024
Means of transportation	ZIP 39401	Forrest County	Mississippi	United States
Drove alone	79.9% (±2.8 points)	80.6%	81.8%	68.8%
Carpooled	8.3% (±2.0 points)	8.1%	9.2%	8.5%
Public transportation	0.5% (±0.6 points)	0.3%	0.3%	3.2%
Walked	2.5% (±0.9 points)	2.2%	1.3%	2.4%
Other means (bicycle, taxi, motorcycle)	5.1% (±1.7 points)	4.8%	1.4%	2.0%
Worked from home	3.8% (±1.0 points)	4.0%	5.9%	15.1%

Workers who live in ZIP code 39401 take an average of 18.7 minutes to get to work.

Places in ZIP code 39401

Places whose land overlaps this ZIP code, with the share of the ZIP’s land in each
Place	Share of the ZIP’s land in this place	Median gross rent	Households that rent
Hattiesburg	18%	$1,005	62.8%

A township or a New York town includes the villages inside it, so their shares can add up to more than the whole.

ZIP codes near 39401

Nearest ZIP codes with Census figures, by straight-line distance between their internal points
ZIP code	Distance	Median gross rent	Median home value	Median household income	Households that rent
39406	7.7 mi	—	—	—	—
39465	8.6 mi	$1,001	$185,700	$74,035	22.7%
39475	10 mi	$994	$192,200	$63,887	18.9%
39402	11 mi	$1,173	$253,900	$75,220	39.6%
39462	12 mi	—	$93,500	$44,513	15.9%
39425	17 mi	$531	$224,800	$69,525	11.7%
39459	18 mi	$570	$155,900	$53,581	14.0%
39455	20 mi	$913	$104,600	$54,206	13.1%

Crime reported to police in Hattiesburg

Most of ZIP code 39401 is policed by the Hattiesburg Police Department, which reported 258 violent and 3,590 property crimes per 100,000 residents to the FBI in 2025.

The FBI publishes crime by police department, not by ZIP code, so this is the department’s figure for the whole area it serves.

Crime reported to police in Hattiesburg

ZIP code 39401 is reported as ZIP Code Tabulation Area 39401: the Census Bureau’s area built from census blocks to match the ZIP code’s delivery area as closely as it can.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates).

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about ZIP 39401

What is the median rent in ZIP code 39401?

The median gross rent in ZIP Code Tabulation Area 39401 is $948 (±$30) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

What is the median home value in ZIP code 39401?

The median value of owner-occupied homes in ZIP code 39401 is $134,300 (±$13,151) (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

What is the median household income in ZIP code 39401?

The median household income in ZIP code 39401 is $41,127 (±$2,869) a year (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

What town is ZIP code 39401 in?

ZIP code 39401 lies mostly in Hattiesburg.

Sources

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DP05_0001E, DP05_0001M, DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M, DP03_0062E, DP03_0062M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM

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