39534Biloxi, Mississippi

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 39534.

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How we calculate this

How this area ranks
GrowthTop 29% of 5,428 ZIP areas measured62
ClimateTop 20% of 6,789 ZIP areas measured78
Physical resilience5475th of 6,709 ZIP areas measured23
Access5076th of 6,791 ZIP areas measured83

At a glance

Population
1,857
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
Density
1,060/sq mi
1.8 sq mi of land
Median age
21.2
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Biloxi
Mississippi
Metro area
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
Nearest major airport
HSA
32 mi · Stennis Intl
Median home value

Jobs & opportunity

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Per capita income ±$1,680$24,521Bottom 12%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute9.9 minBottom 1%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher30.0%Top 34%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Employment20,419Bottom 20%of 6,544June 2026
Employment change (3 years)1.4%Top 32%of 6,542June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-0.9%Bottom 48%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force21,206Bottom 20%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force participation100.0%Top 1%of 33,2522024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$53,290Bottom 3%of 6,0722025 OEWS
Median annual wage$43,470Bottom 4%of 6,0722025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)-0.5%Bottom 18%of 6,544June 2026
Unemployment rate3.7%Bottom 22%of 6,544June 2026
Largest occupations — Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Retail Salespersons5,380$28,880
Cashiers4,610$27,300
Waiters and Waitresses3,910$22,600
Registered Nurses3,740$78,960
Fast Food and Counter Workers3,520$22,820
Stockers and Order Fillers2,690$31,780

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Biloxi, MS, the city containing this ZIP code.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
62/ 100
Top 29% of 5,428 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Units permitted
394
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
8.1
Top 17% nationally
Year over year
+10%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
54.8%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Biloxi, MS, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station GULFPORT - BILOXI AP, 9.5 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND7.2"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index62.02024 calendar year
Annual precipitation62.8"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low42°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high90°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months71991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 10052024 calendar year
Median air quality index44.02024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing31°F1991-2020 Normals
Air quality
Median air quality index
44
Good on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
62
90th percentile index
Days above 100
5
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today. Air quality is measured rather than modelled, by EPA monitors, and published by county only where a monitor sits — roughly half the counties AreaProfile publishes have one, and the rest show nothing rather than an estimate. Air masses are regional, so a county reading describes the air over a place reasonably well, but it is still the county reading.

Physical risk

23 / 100
Physical resilience
HurricaneHigh
WildfireModerate
Coastal floodingElevated
DroughtModerate

Low or minimal exposure: lightning, tornado, heat wave, inland flooding, cold wave, hail, strong wind, ice storm, winter weather, earthquake, landslide.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Homicide
6.6
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
21.8
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
22.3
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
23.3
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Harrison County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around 39534 rather than 39534 itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offences reported to police are published by department rather than by town, and only where a department reported every month of the year. No municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — so there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Taxes
Taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Cost of living now is — the index above is the Bureau of Economic Analysis price parity for this area — but it is a price level for all consumption rather than a budget for a household, its spread is driven mostly by housing, and it excludes taxes. Housing affordability is computed separately from rent, price and income, because that answers a narrower and more actionable question. Nothing here is individualised tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house. School attendance zones, insurance pricing and the character of a neighbourhood all vary within the places measured here.

Access

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Stennis IntlHSA32 mi8,498 ft
Mobile RgnlMOB45 mi8,502 ft
Louis Armstrong New Orleans IntlMSY85 mi10,104 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
HousingU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Regional price parities and county personal income
2023Annually, each December
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar yearAnnually, once a calendar year is complete

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

39534 vs Biloxi

How this ZIP area compares with Biloxi as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

39534
Biloxi
Per capita income
$24,521
vs
$33,883
Population density
1,060/sq mi
vs
1,138/sq mi
Bachelor's degree or higher
30.0%
vs
30.6%
Median age
21.2
vs
36.6

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.