ZIP 39367 vs ZIP 39322

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