ZIP 39114 vs ZIP 39062

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39114 (Mendenhall, MS) and ZIP 39062 (D Lo, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39114 has a population of 9,998 at 20 people per square mile, while ZIP 39062 has 467 at 122 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 39114 reports a median household income of $60,286 against $32,292 in ZIP 39062, with per-capita income of $32,715 vs $18,490. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.1% in 39114 and 7.4% in 39062. Poverty rate reads 22.9% vs 39.8%, and unemployment 5.7% vs 23.5% — 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 $129,300 in 39114 versus $75,000 in 39062, with median rent of $855 and $835 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.2% vs 58.3%. 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.