ZIP 39066 vs ZIP 39041

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39066 (Edwards, MS) and ZIP 39041 (Bolton, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39066 has a population of 4,338 at 12 people per square mile, while ZIP 39041 has 3,404 at 10 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 39066 reports a median household income of $46,458 against $41,137 in ZIP 39041, with per-capita income of $34,400 vs $27,645. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.6% in 39066 and 17.7% in 39041. Poverty rate reads 30.7% vs 16.3%, and unemployment 6.8% vs 6.1% — 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 $143,200 in 39066 versus $174,600 in 39041, with median rent of $907 and $888 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.0% vs 79.1%. 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.