ZIP 38732 vs ZIP 38759

This side-by-side compares ZIP 38732 (Cleveland, MS) and ZIP 38759 (Merigold, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 38732 has a population of 17,981 at 87 people per square mile, while ZIP 38759 has 1,194 at 8 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 38732 reports a median household income of $44,705 against $77,083 in ZIP 38759, with per-capita income of $25,953 vs $65,853. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 34.2% in 38732 and 28.0% in 38759. Poverty rate reads 28.6% vs 9.1%, and unemployment 5.2% 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 $160,700 in 38732 versus $143,400 in 38759, with median rent of $810 and $1,115 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 61.6% vs 84.4%. 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.