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Lamar, MS 38642 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 38642: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Lamar, MS 38642

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Slayden, MS 38642

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Marshall County
Centroid: Latitude 34.988, Longitude -89.375
Time Zone: Central Time Zone (UTC -6 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 38642 has segments in 2 Counties (Benton, Marshall).

Businesses Addresses: 38
PO Box Addresses: 38
Residential Addresses: 1,047

Multi-Family Addresses: 0
Single Family Addresses: 1,047

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: February 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

EXTREMELY LOCAL Demographic Data

38642 ZIP Code Map

Lamar, MS 38642 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	2,474
Daytime Population: Workers	217
Daytime Population: Residents	1,406
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	1,623
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.66
Population in Households	2,474
Population in Familes	2,123
Population in Group Qrtrs	0
Population Density²	27
Diversity Index³	53

INCOME
Median Household Income	$38,570
Average Household Income	$52,829
Per Capita Income	$19,111

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	1,093 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	709 (64.9%)
Renter Occupied HU	186 (17.0%)
Vacant Housing Units	198 (18.1%)
Median Home Value	$86,896
Average Home Value	$116,185

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	895
Average Household Size	2.76
Family Households	651
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	-0.69%	-0.81%
Households	-0.62%	-0.77%
Families	-0.8%	-0.84%
Median Household Income		0.17%
Per Capita Income		1.72%

Lamar, MS 38642 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 38642 to the other 412 ZIP Codes in Mississippi by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.