| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 662 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:52 PM |
| Population: | 14,775 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 28161 |
| CBSA: | Oxford, MS |
| Land Area: | 736 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 39 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 34.0065, -89.8134 |
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14,775 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 736 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 15,893 to 14,775 from 2014 to 2024 — a -7.0% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 38965 (Water Valley, $58,258 median) and poorest ZIP 38948 (Oakland, $29,400) are 17.9 miles apart — a 2.0× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.8× across this county — from $86,200 in 38948 (Oakland) to $153,100 in 38965 (Water Valley).
Density varies 5× across the county — from 6 people/sq mi in 38961 (Tillatoba) to 34 in 38965 (Water Valley).
Educational attainment ranges from 9.1% bachelor's+ in 38961 (Tillatoba) to 19.6% in 38965 (Water Valley) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Mississippi, this is the #58 most populous of 82 counties and ranks #66 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $49,105 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
15.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,636 of 10,449 reporting).
5 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.
Yalobusha County lost 7.0% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: