ZIP 39051 · Carthage
Who lives in ZIP code 39051 (Carthage, MS): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Carthage, MS · Leake County
uszips 2026
People14,986
Median age41.2
Household income$48,547
Home value$120,726
Median rent$717/mo
Poverty20.6%
College degree+16.0%
Commute33 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Central
- Density
- 13 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 5,327
Spans 4 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
18.3% are 65 or older; 77.7% are adults.
Household income
18.2% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $27,308.
Education (adults 25+)
31.9% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
8.8% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 40.3%
- Never married
- 36.7%
- Divorced
- 15.4%
- Widowed
- 7.6%
- Family size
- 3.53
- Dual-income families
- 36.6%
Housing
- Own their home
- 79.3%
- Rent burden
- 36.4%
- Men / women
- 49% / 52%
Work
- In labor force
- 51.7%
- Unemployment
- 7.7%
- Self-employed
- 13.1%
- Farmers
- 6.3%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 15.0%
- Veterans
- 7.1%
- With a disability
- 16.1%
- No health insurance
- 16.0%
- Limited English
- 1.9%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.