ZIP 39232 vs ZIP 39208

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39232 (Flowood, MS) and ZIP 39208 (Pearl, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39232 has a population of 7,068 at 157 people per square mile, while ZIP 39208 has 31,371 at 241 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 39232 reports a median household income of $82,931 against $65,480 in ZIP 39208, with per-capita income of $47,987 vs $32,929. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 55.9% in 39232 and 25.2% in 39208. Poverty rate reads 15.5% vs 12.4%, and unemployment 4.2% vs 4.3% — 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 $365,000 in 39232 versus $185,200 in 39208, with median rent of $1,432 and $1,183 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 49.2% vs 64.7%. 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.