ZIP 38623 vs ZIP 38670

This side-by-side compares ZIP 38623 (Darling, MS) and ZIP 38670 (Sledge, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 38623 has a population of 259 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 38670 has 1,226 at 6 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 38623 reports a median household income of — against $38,342 in ZIP 38670, with per-capita income of $18,823 vs $22,894. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 0.0% in 38623 and 26.1% in 38670. Poverty rate reads 30.5% vs 31.1%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 5.0% — 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 — in 38623 versus $68,800 in 38670, with median rent of — and $686 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 17.6% vs 82.5%. 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.