ZIP 38642 · Lamar
Who lives in ZIP code 38642 (Lamar, MS): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Lamar, MS · Benton County
uszips 2026
People2,126
Median age35.1
Household income$59,388
Home value$133,200
Median rent$684/mo
Poverty12.6%
College degree+14.2%
Commute31 min
Place
- Metro area
- Memphis, TN-MS-AR
- Wider region
- Memphis-Clarksdale-Forrest City, TN-MS-AR
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 11 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 700
Spans 2 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
20.0% are 65 or older; 84.5% are adults.
Household income
21.0% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $21,296.
Education (adults 25+)
64.5% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
3.0% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 31.9%
- Never married
- 43.7%
- Divorced
- 13.0%
- Widowed
- 11.4%
- Family size
- 3.42
- Dual-income families
- 37.2%
Housing
- Own their home
- 78.4%
- Rent burden
- 13.6%
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 51.3%
- Unemployment
- 2.8%
- Self-employed
- 15.0%
- Farmers
- 5.6%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 24.3%
- Veterans
- 2.9%
- With a disability
- 29.7%
- No health insurance
- 20.4%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.