ZIP 38641 vs ZIP 38680

This side-by-side compares ZIP 38641 (Lake Cormorant, MS) and ZIP 38680 (Walls, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 38641 has a population of 2,338 at 12 people per square mile, while ZIP 38680 has 6,194 at 110 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 38641 reports a median household income of $96,208 against $59,503 in ZIP 38680, with per-capita income of $43,619 vs $35,498. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.1% in 38641 and 20.2% in 38680. Poverty rate reads 11.7% vs 13.4%, and unemployment 0.6% vs 4.4% — 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 $237,400 in 38641 versus $220,400 in 38680, with median rent of — and $1,295 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 94.9% vs 68.6%. 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.