ZIP 39176 vs ZIP 39192

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39176 (Vaiden, MS) and ZIP 39192 (West, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39176 has a population of 2,106 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 39192 has 1,733 at 5 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 39176 reports a median household income of $47,195 against $48,750 in ZIP 39192, with per-capita income of $26,803 vs $22,180. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.8% in 39176 and 22.5% in 39192. Poverty rate reads 37.7% vs 13.7%, and unemployment 2.9% vs 5.5% — 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 $108,600 in 39176 versus $90,200 in 39192, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.0% vs 86.5%. 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.