ZIP 38651 vs ZIP 38671

This side-by-side compares ZIP 38651 (Nesbit, MS) and ZIP 38671 (Southaven, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 38651 has a population of 7,103 at 83 people per square mile, while ZIP 38671 has 35,712 at 620 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 38651 reports a median household income of $98,760 against $61,843 in ZIP 38671, with per-capita income of $42,592 vs $31,156. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.2% in 38651 and 22.4% in 38671. Poverty rate reads 6.9% vs 18.3%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 3.5% — 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 $328,000 in 38651 versus $189,000 in 38671, with median rent of $796 and $1,400 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.4% vs 64.5%. 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.