ZIP 38940 vs ZIP 38920

This side-by-side compares ZIP 38940 (Holcomb, MS) and ZIP 38920 (Cascilla, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 38940 has a population of 2,141 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 38920 has 804 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 38940 reports a median household income of $64,048 against $42,014 in ZIP 38920, with per-capita income of $26,398 vs $33,143. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 9.7% in 38940 and 18.4% in 38920. Poverty rate reads 19.1% vs 20.2%, and unemployment 2.4% vs 2.3% — 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 $109,600 in 38940 versus $67,200 in 38920, with median rent of $875 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.5% vs 62.0%. 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.