ZIP 38748 vs ZIP 38765

This side-by-side compares ZIP 38748 (Hollandale, MS) and ZIP 38765 (Panther Burn, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 38748 has a population of 3,901 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 38765 has 201 at 5 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 38748 reports a median household income of $44,615 against $67,344 in ZIP 38765, with per-capita income of $20,383 vs $20,082. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.3% in 38748 and 40.0% in 38765. Poverty rate reads 31.3% vs 3.9%, and unemployment 6.7% vs 14.0% — 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 $83,900 in 38748 versus — in 38765, with median rent of $696 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 56.8% vs 46.7%. 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.