Pascagoula, MS — income, home value, property tax, and sales tax.
With a per-capita income of $28,736, ZIP code 39595 sits in working-class to lower-middle-income territory, well below what affluent suburbs typically show. The county-level effective property tax rate of 0.71% is fairly gentle, so owners in and around Pascagoula keep a good share of what their homes are worth each year. Sales tax, however, runs 7.00% on purchases, adding a steady cost to everyday spending. Together these figures point to a place where wages are limited but the property tax side stays comparatively easy to carry.