ZIP 38941 vs ZIP 38946

This side-by-side compares ZIP 38941 (Itta Bena, MS) and ZIP 38946 (Morgan City, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 38941 has a population of 5,282 at 22 people per square mile, while ZIP 38946 has 362 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 38941 reports a median household income of $38,705 against — in ZIP 38946, with per-capita income of $19,302 vs $13,638. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.1% in 38941 and 0.0% in 38946. Poverty rate reads 26.7% vs 31.5%, and unemployment 20.8% vs 0.0% — 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 $91,100 in 38941 versus $89,400 in 38946, with median rent of $760 and $1,250 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 35.9% vs 56.9%. 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.