ZIP code
39067
in Ethel, MississippiPopulation 1,016
40.03/ 100
Ranked #26,739 of 32,066 US ZIPs (bottom 17%)
Ranked #226 of 406 Mississippi ZIPs (bottom 44%)
Ranks are modeled estimates — ZIPs a few hundred places apart are effectively tied.
What defines this ZIP
Metrics where this ZIP sits in the tails of the national distribution — the ones that most set it apart. Select any tile for its definition and methodology.
Tooth loss
28.6%
in the top 4.0% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST82ndUS96thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults aged 65 and older who have lost all of their natural teeth.
Full methodology ›Housing-cost burden
2.9%
in the bottom 4.3% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST5thUS4thDefinition & source ›
The share of households spending 30% or more of their income on housing.
Full methodology ›Unemployment rate
13.1%
in the top 5.2% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST88thUS95thDefinition & source ›
The share of the civilian labor force that is unemployed.
Full methodology ›High blood pressure
48.1%
in the top 5.9% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST50thUS94thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults who have been told by a health professional that they have high blood pressure.
Full methodology ›Fatal road crashes
39.4 per 100,000 residents per year
in the top 7.1% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST80thUS93rdDefinition & source ›
The annual rate of fatal road crashes per 100,000 residents, pooled over a ten-year window.
A rate per resident population. Where a ZIP has too few residents for the rate to be reliable — about 30% of US ZIPs — no value is published rather than an unstable one; those ZIPs are absent from this comparison, not counted as crash-free.
Full methodology ›Home broadband subscription
73.1%
in the bottom 8.2% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST27thUS8thDefinition & source ›
The share of households with a broadband internet subscription.
Full methodology ›Mobility disability
22%
in the top 9.6% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST55thUS90thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults with serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs.
Full methodology ›Humid extreme heat
131.4 days/year
in the top 9.6% nationally
Lower is healthier
ST57thUS90thDefinition & source ›
The average number of days per year when modeled heat stress — temperature, humidity, sun, and wind combined — reaches levels hard on the body outdoors.
Full methodology ›Colon-cancer screening
58.3%
in the bottom 9.9% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST14thUS10thDefinition & source ›
The estimated share of adults aged 45–75 who are up to date on colorectal-cancer screening.
Full methodology ›Walkability
2.6 intersections/sq mi
in the bottom 11.6% nationally
Higher is healthier
ST4thUS12thDefinition & source ›
The number of street intersections per square mile — a standard street-connectivity measure; denser networks correlate with more walkable neighborhoods.
Full methodology ›The read
Ethel, Mississippi (ZIP 39067), overall, ranks in the bottom 17% nationally (26,739th) and the bottom 44% of Mississippi (226th).
Taken together, the data gives a genuinely mixed reading: housing-cost burden settles in the bottom 4.3% nationally. Modeled loud transportation noise is at the national minimum, shared with about 22% of ZIPs. On the other side, modeled tooth loss sits in the top 4.0% nationally, and unemployment lands in the top 5.2% nationally. Modeled high blood pressure lies in the top 5.9% nationally, and fatal road crashes stands in the top 7.1% nationally. Home broadband subscription rests in the bottom 8.2% nationally, and modeled mobility disability registers in the top 9.6% nationally. Modeled humid heat resides in the top 9.6% nationally, and stroke settles in the top 10.1% nationally.
Defined simply, humid heat is a modeled heat-stress measure combining temperature, humidity, sun, and wind to gauge heat on the body outdoors. Loud transportation noise is the modeled share of an area exposed to road, rail, and air noise at or above 65 decibels, near conversation volume. ZIP 39090, just across the boundary, comes out healthier overall.
What’s driving this score
Nine domains make up the ZipVitals Score — here is how this ZIP does on each, and how much each one counts.
Compared with the ZIP codes measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes.
Lifting this score
Environmental Hazard
healthier than 92%
14%
Mental Health
healthier than 65%
8%
Holding it back
Chronic Disease Burden
healthier than 10%
21%
Social Need / SDOH
healthier than 13%
16%
Preventive Care
healthier than 20%
13%
Risk Behavior
healthier than 29%
11%
Disability
healthier than 13%
7%
Climate / Disaster Risk
healthier than 27%
5%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 14%
5%
Lifting this score
Environmental Hazard
healthier than 82%
14%
Risk Behavior
healthier than 63%
11%
Climate / Disaster Risk
healthier than 79%
5%
About typical
Social Need / SDOH
healthier than 48%
16%
Preventive Care
healthier than 45%
13%
Mental Health
healthier than 54%
8%
Disability
healthier than 49%
7%
Holding it back
Chronic Disease Burden
healthier than 33%
21%
Healthcare Access
healthier than 3%
5%
“Share” is how much of this ZIP’s score the domain accounts for. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain. How the score works, and who it compares you with ›
Findings that name this ZIP
One of our published findings lists this ZIP code. Each finding compares one published measure against a stated benchmark, and names only the ZIP codes whose estimates are reliable enough to rank. See all surprising findings.
Clean environment, heavy chronic burden
Where the environment and chronic illness point in opposite directions
Environmental-hazard standing 92.1 (top 10%); chronic-disease standing 10.2 — 82 points apart, cleaner on the environment than it is on chronic illness.
Ranked #408 of the 18,187 ZIP codes this finding names, ordered by the gap from cleanest environment to heaviest chronic burden, highest first.
Nearby & similar ZIPs
Editorially selected — see how this ZIP compares to nearby and similar places.
Nearby
39090
Mississippishares a border
Score 40.67
Closest healthier
39108
Mississippishares a border
Score 41.75
Similar health profile
99730
Alaska99% similar profile
Score 28.71
How these were chosen: only ZIPs with a published Score appear — a nearby ZIP with too little data to score won’t. Nearby means closest by distance between ZIP boundaries, which can cross state lines. A similar health profile is a close match across the nine Score domains, not similar demographics. Distances are measured between ZIP boundaries — ZIPs that touch share a border. How distance is measured
Evidence
Every measure this page draws on, by source. Collapsed by default — the full data stays in the page for search engines either way.
Health OutcomesCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Arthritis among adults | 36.3% | 32.6–40.2 |
| High blood pressure among adults | 48.1% | 43.8–52.6 |
| Cancer (non-skin) or melanoma among adults | 9.7% | 8.7–10.6 |
| Current asthma among adults | 10.0% | 8.8–11.4 |
| Coronary heart disease among adults | 9.4% | 8.3–10.4 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease among adults | 10.9% | 9.3–12.5 |
| Depression among adults | 20.4% | 17.3–24.0 |
| Diagnosed diabetes among adults | 16.6% | 14.5–19.0 |
| High cholesterol among adults who have ever been screened | 42.7% | 38.3–47.3 |
| Obesity among adults | 40.5% | 33.0–48.4 |
| Stroke among adults | 5.3% | 4.8–5.9 |
| All teeth lost among adults aged >=65 years | 28.6% | 24.4–33.6 |
PreventionCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Current lack of health insurance among adults aged 18-64 years | 11.1% | 9.0–13.4 |
| Taking medicine to control high blood pressure among adults with high blood pressure | 83.1% | 80.7–85.3 |
| Visits to doctor for routine checkup within the past year among adults | 82.2% | 79.3–85.1 |
| Cholesterol screening among adults | 87.5% | 85.7–89.2 |
| Colorectal cancer screening among adults aged 45–75 years | 58.3% | 53.1–64.1 |
| Visited dentist or dental clinic in the past year among adults | 7.8% | 6.7–9.3 |
| Mammography use among women aged 50-74 years | 70.6% | 62.5–78.5 |
Health Risk BehaviorsCDC PLACES 2022 / 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Binge drinking among adults | 12.7% | 10.4–15.3 |
| Current cigarette smoking among adults | 18.7% | 15.9–21.8 |
| No leisure-time physical activity among adults | 36.3% | 30.9–41.7 |
| Short sleep duration among adults | 36.6% | 30.7–43.3 |
Health StatusCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor self-rated health status among adults | 26.1% | 22.5–29.8 |
| Frequent mental distress among adults | 17.1% | 15.1–19.3 |
| Frequent physical distress among adults | 16.9% | 14.8–19.1 |
DisabilityCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive disability among adults | 17.9% | 15.6–20.3 |
| Any disability among adults | 40.4% | 35.3–45.3 |
| Hearing disability among adults | 10.3% | 9.1–11.6 |
| Independent living disability among adults | 11.2% | 9.7–12.6 |
| Mobility disability among adults | 22.0% | 19.1–24.9 |
| Self-care disability among adults | 5.9% | 5.2–6.6 |
| Vision disability among adults | 7.5% | 6.6–8.3 |
Health-Related Social NeedsCDC PLACES 2023 · BRFSS
| Measure | Crude prevalence | 95% CI |
|---|---|---|
| Lack of social and emotional support among adults | 26.9% | 23.0–31.4 |
| Food insecurity in the past 12 months among adults | 20.0% | 16.6–23.4 |
| Received food stamps in the past 12 months among adults | 12.2% | 9.9–14.6 |
| Housing insecurity in the past 12 months among adults | 14.1% | 12.0–16.6 |
| Lack of reliable transportation in the past 12 months among adults | 10.4% | 9.0–12.0 |
| Loneliness among adults | 34.0% | 28.8–39.7 |
| Utility services shut-off threat in the past 12 months among adults | 9.4% | 8.0–10.9 |
Community & economyCensus ACS 5-Year · 2024 release · observed
| Measure | Value | US median (p10–p90) | MS median (p10–p90) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poverty rate | 17.3% | 10.6% (3.1–25.8%) n=32,364 | 19.9% (8.3–37.0%) n=406 |
| Uninsured 18–64 | 16.6% | 9.0% (1.5–24.3%) n=32,286 | 16.8% (8.1–29.3%) n=410 |
| No HS diploma (25+) | 14.5% | 7.9% (1.8–20.7%) n=32,505 | 14.4% (5.9–25.0%) n=411 |
| Bachelor's or higher (25+) | 20.4% | 23.3% (9.2–53.6%) n=32,505 | 18.0% (7.1–33.6%) n=411 |
| Unemployment rate (16+) | 13.1% | 3.9% (0.0–9.8%) n=32,274 | 4.8% (0.0–14.2%) n=411 |
| Households without a vehicle | 7.3% | 3.9% (0.0–12.5%) n=32,322 | 5.5% (0.0–13.9%) n=405 |
| Broadband subscription | 73.1% | 89.3% (75.1–97.1%) n=32,322 | 79.7% (62.7–93.0%) n=405 |
| Housing cost burden (≥30% income) | 2.9% | 23.7% (10.6–40.0%) n=32,322 | 22.7% (9.7–36.0%) n=405 |
| Homeownership rate | 88.3% | 78.7% (51.7–94.0%) n=32,322 | 77.2% (49.8–91.7%) n=405 |
| Crowded housing (>1 per room) | 1.3% | 1.3% (0.0–6.3%) n=32,322 | 1.4% (0.0–5.0%) n=405 |
| Foreign-born population | 0.0% | 2.6% (0.0–18.6%) n=32,553 | 0.6% (0.0–4.4%) n=412 |
| Single-parent households | 51.9% | 53.6% (37.3–74.1%) n=32,087 | 46.9% (29.2–61.4%) n=404 |
| Population 65+ | 20.5% | 19.4% (10.8–33.6%) n=32,553 | 17.8% (11.7–26.2%) n=412 |
| Median age | 37.0 yr | 42.2 yr (33.0–56.3) n=32,292 | 39.5 yr (30.5–49.6) n=411 |
| Median household income | $67,250 | $72,070 ($46,039–$118,707) n=30,318 | $50,353 ($32,100–$72,379) n=377 |
| Median home value | $98,200 | $222,200 ($100,300–$579,820) n=30,049 | $118,100 ($72,660–$219,420) n=374 |
| Median gross rent | — | $1,021 ($677–$1,912) n=25,670 | $827 ($532–$1,130) n=319 |
Life expectancyNCHS / RWJF USALEEP · model-based
| Measure | Value | US median (p10–p90) | MS median (p10–p90) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 80.4 yr ± 1.47 | 78.9 yr (74.7–82.8) n=31,308 | 75.4 yr (72.7–79.0) n=405 |
About the ± — it’s this estimate’s give-or-take (statisticians call it the standard error). The true life expectancy for this ZIP most likely falls within 1.47 years of 80.4, and it’s very unlikely to be off by more than twice that.
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