Lynxshore Financial, a small-business funding service in Hattiesburg, MS, takes requests from Forrest County, MS and neighboring Mississippi counties. Four nearby towns have their own page with ZIP-level Census figures; smaller places are summarized here. Every figure is labeled by its ZIP or county, because ZIP areas and town limits rarely match.
Business funding across Forrest County, MS and its neighbors
The service runs by phone and online form, so where a business sits mostly matters for the records partners see, such as which city or county issued its license. Four towns have pages of their own, chosen because their ZIP areas have enough employer establishments to describe. Distances are straight-line from downtown Hattiesburg, MS.
Start from the Hattiesburg, MS city page for county figures.
Petal, MS (Forrest County, MS), the closest of the four
About 3.5 miles east-northeast of downtown Hattiesburg, MS. The ZBP file lists 365 employers in ZIP 39465 for 2023. Petal, MS requests and ZIP 39465 figures
Purvis, MS (Lamar County, MS)
Purvis, MS lies roughly 14 miles south-southwest of downtown. ZIP 39475 had 212 employer establishments in 2023, with retail and construction leading (ZBP). Purvis, MS requests and ZIP 39475 figures
Sumrall, MS (Lamar County, MS)
Sumrall, MS lies roughly 16 miles west-northwest of downtown. Construction led ZIP 39482 with 36 of its 158 employer establishments in 2023 (ZBP). Sumrall, MS requests and ZIP 39482 figures
Ellisville, MS (Jones County, MS)
Ellisville, MS lies roughly 19 miles north-northeast of downtown. The ZBP file lists 200 employers in ZIP 39437 for 2023. Ellisville, MS requests and ZIP 39437 figures
Smaller towns with ZIP figures
Moselle, MS (Jones County, MS) is about 12.6 miles north; ZIP 39459 had 49 employer establishments in 2023, with construction the largest sector (11). Seminary, MS (Covington County, MS) is about 20 miles northwest; ZIP 39479 had 65, a third of them retail (20). Richton, MS (Perry County, MS) is about 21 miles east; ZIP 39476 had 98. Lumberton, MS, which spans Lamar County, MS and Pearl River County, MS, is about 24 miles south-southwest; ZIP 39455 had 94 (all ZBP 2023).
Each town covers only a small share of its ZIP's land (from 0.5% for Richton, MS to 2.6% for Moselle, MS), so these are ZIP figures, not town counts.
Communities close to the city
Glendale, MS, Rawls Springs, MS and Eastabuchie, MS (Forrest County, MS), Arnold Line, MS, West Hattiesburg, MS, Oak Grove, MS and Baxterville, MS (Lamar County, MS), Runnelstown, MS, New Augusta, MS and Beaumont, MS (Perry County, MS) and Ovett, MS (Jones County, MS) are all within about 25 miles. Most are unincorporated communities without separate business figures, and owners there use the same phone and online process.
