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39662

ZIP 39662 is Ruth, Mississippi, mostly in Lincoln County; area codes 601 and 769; Central time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/Chicago
County
Lincoln +2 more
Metro area
Brookhaven, MS
Population
1,446
Coordinates
31.3864, -90.2854
☼ Live from 39662 — Ruth, MS

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Where 39662 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 39662
  • 🔢 Type 39662 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: ZggGE — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 39,662 = 2 × 7 × 2833. Its digits add up to 26, a total 2,038 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 1001101011101110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 39661 (Roxie, MS, 48 mi away) and 39663 (Silver Creek, MS, 20 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 39662 becomes 26693, which is not a ZIP code at all.
  • 👥 23 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (23669, 23696, 23966, 26369, 29636, 32669, …). The farthest-flung twin is 96362 in FPO AA, a military post office, 7,727 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther south than 90% of all ZIP codes, and farther west than 57%.
  • 🎯746 miles southeast of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 39662 and you would come out at 31.39°S, 89.71°E — 1,404 miles from West Island, Cocos Islands, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 14h 12m of daylight. Shortest: 10h 06m.
  • 📏 At 48.3 square miles of land, 39662 is bigger than 59% of ZIP codes — room for about 37 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population1,446This ZIP1,446
Households555This ZIP555
Housing units643This ZIP643
Median age39.8This ZIP39.8Mississippi38.6US 38.9
Median home value$76,600This ZIP$76,600Mississippi$169,800US $332,700
Bachelor's degree or higher4.5%This ZIP4.5%
Mean commute31.6 minThis ZIP31.6 min
Population density30.0 / sq miThis ZIP30.0 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments7This ZIP7
Employees44This ZIP44
Annual payroll$4,903,000This ZIP$4,903,000
Tax returns filed530This ZIP530
Total adjusted gross income$32,256,000This ZIP$32,256,000

Land area

Land area48.27 sq miThis ZIP48.27 sq mi
Water area0.03 sq miThis ZIP0.03 sq mi

Counties 39662 spans

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

CountyShare of this ZIP
Lincoln County 65.8%
Pike County 26.9%
Lawrence County 7.3%

ZIP codes near 39662

ZIPCityDistance
39641 Jayess, MS 6.4 mi
39629 Bogue Chitto, MS 10.7 mi
39654 Monticello, MS 13.4 mi
39649 Mccomb, MS 14.0 mi
39666 Summit, MS 14.1 mi
39648 Mccomb, MS 15.6 mi
39602 Brookhaven, MS 15.8 mi
39601 Brookhaven, MS 16.9 mi
39635 Fernwood, MS 17.0 mi
39665 Sontag, MS 18.1 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 39662?

39662 is in Ruth, Mississippi, in Lincoln County, part of the Brookhaven, MS micropolitan area. Its published point location is 31.3864, -90.2854.

What county is 39662 in?

39662 spans 3 counties: Lincoln County, Pike County and Lawrence County. Most of it falls in Lincoln 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 39662?

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

What time zone is 39662 in?

39662 uses America/Chicago.

How many people live in 39662?

About 1,446 people live in ZIP code 39662, in 555 households, at 30.0 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 39662?

The closest are 39641 (6.4 mi), 39629 (10.7 mi), 39654 (13.4 mi), 39649 (14 mi) and 39666 (14.1 mi).

Is 39662 a PO Box ZIP code?

39662 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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