ZIP 39322 vs ZIP 39367

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39322 (Buckatunna, MS) and ZIP 39367 (Waynesboro, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39322 has a population of 1,882 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 39367 has 15,096 at 12 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 39322 reports a median household income of $37,218 against $37,409 in ZIP 39367, with per-capita income of $20,772 vs $27,255. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 3.1% in 39322 and 18.8% in 39367. Poverty rate reads 30.0% vs 20.3%, and unemployment 2.2% vs 7.4% - 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 $59,000 in 39322 versus $94,000 in 39367, with median rent of - and $765 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.4% vs 83.1%. 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.