ZIP 38925 vs ZIP 38929

This side-by-side compares ZIP 38925 (Duck Hill, MS) and ZIP 38929 (Gore Springs, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 38925 has a population of 2,363 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 38929 has 1,317 at 7 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 38925 reports a median household income of $41,217 against $68,202 in ZIP 38929, with per-capita income of $35,115 vs $25,135. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.0% in 38925 and 8.4% in 38929. Poverty rate reads 17.9% vs 25.0%, and unemployment 1.3% vs 4.4% — 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 $123,400 in 38925 versus $104,400 in 38929, with median rent of $491 and $814 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.1% vs 82.4%. 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.