ZIP 38046 vs ZIP 38039

This side-by-side compares ZIP 38046 (La Grange, TN) and ZIP 38039 (Grand Junction, TN) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 38046 has a population of 108 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 38039 has 1,804 at 11 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 38046 reports a median household income of — against $39,020 in ZIP 38039, with per-capita income of $43,845 vs $24,551. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 45.5% in 38046 and 7.8% in 38039. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 23.5%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 9.0% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $362,500 in 38046 versus $111,900 in 38039, with median rent of — and $806 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 77.4%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.