ZIP 39355 vs ZIP 39360

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39355 (Quitman, MS) and ZIP 39360 (Shubuta, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39355 has a population of 7,131 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 39360 has 3,830 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 39355 reports a median household income of $50,022 against $31,714 in ZIP 39360, with per-capita income of $29,199 vs $19,797. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.8% in 39355 and 13.8% in 39360. Poverty rate reads 18.7% vs 27.2%, and unemployment 4.6% vs 14.2% — 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 $151,700 in 39355 versus $66,200 in 39360, with median rent of $814 and $810 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.2% vs 86.7%. 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.