ZIP 38737 vs ZIP 38738

This side-by-side compares ZIP 38737 (Drew, MS) and ZIP 38738 (Parchman, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 38737 has a population of 2,932 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 38738 has 3,998 at 97 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 38737 reports a median household income of $28,343 against — in ZIP 38738, with per-capita income of $17,197 vs $2,915. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.8% in 38737 and 2.8% in 38738. Poverty rate reads 39.2% vs 10.8%, and unemployment 11.4% 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 $77,800 in 38737 versus — in 38738, with median rent of $709 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 44.5% vs 56.3%. 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.