ZIP 39328 vs ZIP 39354

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39328 (De Kalb, MS) and ZIP 39354 (Preston, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39328 has a population of 4,806 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 39354 has 2,094 at 6 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 39328 reports a median household income of $42,930 against $66,758 in ZIP 39354, with per-capita income of $20,924 vs $32,565. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.1% in 39328 and 26.3% in 39354. Poverty rate reads 30.0% vs 24.7%, and unemployment 17.9% vs 9.0% — 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 $95,400 in 39328 versus $107,300 in 39354, with median rent of $431 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.3% vs 91.5%. 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.