ZIP 38665 vs ZIP 38621

This side-by-side compares ZIP 38665 (Sarah, MS) and ZIP 38621 (Crenshaw, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 38665 has a population of 2,683 at 16 people per square mile, while ZIP 38621 has 1,910 at 12 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 38665 reports a median household income of $80,223 against $36,685 in ZIP 38621, with per-capita income of $30,786 vs $20,247. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.6% in 38665 and 17.3% in 38621. Poverty rate reads 24.2% vs 33.1%, and unemployment 1.6% vs 13.7% — 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 $170,100 in 38665 versus $91,600 in 38621, with median rent of $920 and $853 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.5% vs 64.8%. 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.