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39046

ZIP 39046 is Canton, Mississippi, mostly in Madison County; area codes 601 and 769; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Madison +1 more
Metro area
Jackson, MS
Population
28,442
Coordinates
32.6296, -89.9935
☼ Live from 39046 — Canton, MS

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Where 39046 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 39046
  • 🔢 Type 39046 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ghOGE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 39,046 = 2 × 7 × 2789. Its digits add up to 22, a total 2,607 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001100010000110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 39045 (Camden, MS, 18 mi away) and 39047 (Brandon, MS, 13 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 39046 becomes 64093 — and that is a real ZIP code: Warrensburg, MO, 475 miles away.
  • 👥 43 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03469, 04693, 04936, 04963, 06349, 06439, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09643 in APO AE, a military post office, 4,661 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 86% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 56%.
  • 🎯690 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 39046 and you would come out at 32.63°S, 90.01°E — 1,479 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 18m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 00m.
  • 📏 At 311.7 square miles of land, 39046 is bigger than 95% of ZIP codes — room for about 237 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population28,442This ZIP28,442
Households11,578This ZIP11,578
Housing units12,843This ZIP12,843
Median age38.3This ZIP38.3Mississippi38.6US 38.9
Median household income$49,132This ZIP$49,132Mississippi$56,447US $80,734
Median home value$216,800This ZIP$216,800Mississippi$169,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$872This ZIP$872Mississippi$954US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher28.0%This ZIP28.0%
Mean commute25.6 minThis ZIP25.6 min
Population density91.2 / sq miThis ZIP91.2 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments445This ZIP445
Employees11,978This ZIP11,978
Annual payroll$720,466,000This ZIP$720,466,000
Tax returns filed12,880This ZIP12,880
Total adjusted gross income$716,265,000This ZIP$716,265,000

Land area

Land area311.74 sq miThis ZIP311.74 sq mi
Water area14.13 sq miThis ZIP14.13 sq mi

Counties 39046 spans

A ZIP code is a mail route and ignores county lines. Shares are by overlapping land area.

CountyShare of this ZIP
Madison County 100.0%
Yazoo County 0.0%

Other place names in 39046

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 39046

ZIPCityDistance
39163 Sharon, MS 5.7 mi
39161 Sandhill, MS 11.6 mi
39110 Madison, MS 12.0 mi
39047 Brandon, MS 12.5 mi
39179 Vaughan, MS 13.4 mi
39130 Madison, MS 13.6 mi
39158 Ridgeland, MS 16.1 mi
39098 Ludlow, MS 16.9 mi
39146 Pickens, MS 17.0 mi
39157 Ridgeland, MS 17.3 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 39046?

39046 is in Canton, Mississippi, in Madison County, part of the Jackson, MS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 32.6296, -89.9935.

What county is 39046 in?

39046 spans 2 counties: Madison County and Yazoo County. Most of it falls in Madison County, measured by overlapping land area — the county holding the most land in a ZIP code is not always the one holding the most residents.

What area code is 39046?

Canton uses area codes 601 and 769, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 39046 in?

39046 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 39046?

About 28,442 people live in ZIP code 39046, in 11,578 households, at 91.2 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 39046?

$49,132 a year, against $56,447 across Mississippi.

What ZIP codes are near 39046?

The closest are 39163 (5.7 mi), 39161 (11.6 mi), 39110 (12 mi), 39047 (12.5 mi) and 39179 (13.4 mi).

Is 39046 a PO Box ZIP code?

39046 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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