ZIP 39059 vs ZIP 39083

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39059 (Crystal Springs, MS) and ZIP 39083 (Hazlehurst, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39059 has a population of 12,073 at 29 people per square mile, while ZIP 39083 has 10,626 at 12 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 39059 reports a median household income of $49,946 against $44,930 in ZIP 39083, with per-capita income of $34,776 vs $26,680. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.3% in 39059 and 24.4% in 39083. Poverty rate reads 21.4% vs 25.5%, and unemployment 2.6% vs 10.5% — 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 $117,000 in 39059 versus $97,900 in 39083, with median rent of $721 and $651 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.2% vs 67.4%. 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.