ZIP 39083 vs ZIP 39191

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39083 (Hazlehurst, MS) and ZIP 39191 (Wesson, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39083 has a population of 10,626 at 12 people per square mile, while ZIP 39191 has 8,074 at 14 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 39083 reports a median household income of $44,930 against $56,883 in ZIP 39191, with per-capita income of $26,680 vs $26,296. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.4% in 39083 and 14.9% in 39191. Poverty rate reads 25.5% vs 16.6%, and unemployment 10.5% vs 5.8% — 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 $97,900 in 39083 versus $127,900 in 39191, with median rent of $651 and $983 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.4% vs 79.5%. 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.