ZIP 38722 vs ZIP 38748

This side-by-side compares ZIP 38722 (Arcola, MS) and ZIP 38748 (Hollandale, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 38722 has a population of 531 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 38748 has 3,901 at 6 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 38722 reports a median household income of $21,818 against $44,615 in ZIP 38748, with per-capita income of $14,742 vs $20,383. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.0% in 38722 and 16.3% in 38748. Poverty rate reads 44.0% vs 31.3%, and unemployment 22.0% vs 6.7% — 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 $87,800 in 38722 versus $83,900 in 38748, with median rent of $477 and $696 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 64.3% vs 56.8%. 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.