ZIP 39159 vs ZIP 38721

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39159 (Rolling Fork, MS) and ZIP 38721 (Anguilla, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39159 has a population of 3,334 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 38721 has 1,230 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 39159 reports a median household income of $45,995 against $31,385 in ZIP 38721, with per-capita income of $21,373 vs $22,364. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.4% in 39159 and 21.7% in 38721. Poverty rate reads 24.5% vs 41.9%, and unemployment 6.2% vs 15.6% — 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 $110,700 in 39159 versus $81,300 in 38721, with median rent of $564 and $705 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 65.3% vs 69.1%. 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.