ZIP 38801 vs ZIP 38804

This side-by-side compares ZIP 38801 (Tupelo, MS) and ZIP 38804 (Tupelo, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 38801 has a population of 29,871 at 153 people per square mile, while ZIP 38804 has 17,285 at 83 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 38801 reports a median household income of $62,946 against $64,420 in ZIP 38804, with per-capita income of $32,638 vs $39,832. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 28.4% in 38801 and 30.8% in 38804. Poverty rate reads 15.0% vs 17.8%, and unemployment 5.1% vs 2.9% — 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 $197,100 in 38801 versus $219,700 in 38804, with median rent of $996 and $872 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 62.3% vs 63.7%. 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.