ZIP 38670 vs ZIP 38623

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