ZIP 39067 vs ZIP 39108

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39067 (Ethel, MS) and ZIP 39108 (Mc Cool, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39067 has a population of 1,434 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 39108 has 1,974 at 4 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 39067 reports a median household income of $67,250 against $51,938 in ZIP 39108, with per-capita income of $43,710 vs $27,267. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.4% in 39067 and 13.5% in 39108. Poverty rate reads 17.3% vs 16.2%, and unemployment 13.1% vs 2.4% — 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 $98,200 in 39067 versus $75,400 in 39108, with median rent of — and $851 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.3% vs 83.1%. 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.