ZIP 38680 vs ZIP 38641

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