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39078

ZIP 39078 is Georgetown, Mississippi, mostly in Copiah County; area codes 601 and 769; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Copiah +1 more
Metro area
Jackson, MS
Population
843
Coordinates
31.8780, -90.1882
☼ Live from 39078 — Georgetown, MS

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Where 39078 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 39078
  • 🔢 Type 39078 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: BLOGE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 39,078 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 13 × 167. Its digits add up to 27, a total 1,806 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001100010100110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 39077 (Gallman, MS, 12 mi away) and 39079 (Goodman, MS, 75 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 39078 becomes 87093, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 35 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (03897, 07839, 07938, 08739, 09738, 09837, …). The farthest-flung twin is 09837 in FPO AE, a military post office, 7,664 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 88% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 57%.
  • 🎯722 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 39078 and you would come out at 31.88°S, 89.81°E — 1,434 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 14m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 04m.
  • 📏 At 39.5 square miles of land, 39078 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population843This ZIP843
Households264This ZIP264
Housing units366This ZIP366
Median age43.1This ZIP43.1Mississippi38.6US 38.9
Median home value$216,500This ZIP$216,500Mississippi$169,800US $332,700
Median gross rent$398This ZIP$398Mississippi$954US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher13.5%This ZIP13.5%
Mean commute38.4 minThis ZIP38.4 min
Population density21.3 / sq miThis ZIP21.3 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments10This ZIP10
Employees88This ZIP88
Annual payroll$3,419,000This ZIP$3,419,000
Tax returns filed300This ZIP300
Total adjusted gross income$12,781,000This ZIP$12,781,000

Land area

Land area39.49 sq miThis ZIP39.49 sq mi
Water area0.43 sq miThis ZIP0.43 sq mi

Counties 39078 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Copiah County 99.7%
Simpson County 0.3%

Other place names in 39078

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

ZIP codes near 39078

ZIPCityDistance
39082 Harrisville, MS 5.9 mi
39149 Pinola, MS 10.9 mi
39059 Crystal Springs, MS 11.9 mi
39077 Gallman, MS 12.5 mi
39140 Newhebron, MS 13.3 mi
39073 Florence, MS 15.8 mi
39044 Braxton, MS 16.4 mi
39665 Sontag, MS 16.4 mi
39083 Hazlehurst, MS 16.6 mi
39148 Piney Woods, MS 17.0 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 39078?

39078 is in Georgetown, Mississippi, in Copiah County, part of the Jackson, MS metropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.8780, -90.1882.

What county is 39078 in?

39078 spans 2 counties: Copiah County and Simpson County. Most of it falls in Copiah 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 39078?

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

What time zone is 39078 in?

39078 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 39078?

About 843 people live in ZIP code 39078, in 264 households, at 21.3 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What ZIP codes are near 39078?

The closest are 39082 (5.9 mi), 39149 (10.9 mi), 39059 (11.9 mi), 39077 (12.5 mi) and 39140 (13.3 mi).

Is 39078 a PO Box ZIP code?

39078 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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