ZIP 39194 vs ZIP 39040

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39194 (Yazoo City, MS) and ZIP 39040 (Bentonia, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39194 has a population of 20,925 at 18 people per square mile, while ZIP 39040 has 3,295 at 7 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 39194 reports a median household income of $32,260 against $61,250 in ZIP 39040, with per-capita income of $19,372 vs $28,005. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.5% in 39194 and 21.3% in 39040. Poverty rate reads 38.7% vs 8.6%, and unemployment 11.8% 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 $130,200 in 39194 versus $212,200 in 39040, with median rent of $767 and $1,047 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 45.4% vs 65.4%. 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.