ZIP 39358 vs ZIP 39361

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39358 (Scooba, MS) and ZIP 39361 (Shuqualak, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39358 has a population of 1,679 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 39361 has 1,468 at 4 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 39358 reports a median household income of $51,786 against $30,877 in ZIP 39361, with per-capita income of $21,360 vs $15,830. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.3% in 39358 and 16.5% in 39361. Poverty rate reads 24.4% vs 15.7%, and unemployment 5.4% vs 2.1% — 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 — in 39358 versus $54,000 in 39361, with median rent of $845 and $911 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 61.5% vs 83.7%. 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.