ZIP 38901 vs ZIP 38940

This side-by-side compares ZIP 38901 (Grenada, MS) and ZIP 38940 (Holcomb, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 38901 has a population of 18,403 at 30 people per square mile, while ZIP 38940 has 2,141 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 38901 reports a median household income of $48,848 against $64,048 in ZIP 38940, with per-capita income of $28,594 vs $26,398. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.9% in 38901 and 9.7% in 38940. Poverty rate reads 25.1% vs 19.1%, and unemployment 5.2% vs 2.4% — 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 $149,700 in 38901 versus $109,600 in 38940, with median rent of $811 and $875 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 64.2% vs 72.5%. 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.