ZIP Code 39427

With a median household income of $31,860 and per-capita income of $24,124, ZIP code 39427, centered on Bassfield, sits in working-class territory. Home values run low as well, with a median of $52,200, so property taxes at the county's 0.89 percent rate amount to a thin slice of ownership costs. Sales tax applies at 7.00 percent on purchases. Together these figures describe a community where earnings stay below state and national norms and where housing costs and the taxes tied to them stay correspondingly contained.