ZIP 39456 vs ZIP 39423

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39456 (Mc Lain, MS) and ZIP 39423 (Beaumont, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39456 has a population of 1,292 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 39423 has 2,690 at 11 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 39456 reports a median household income of $41,818 against $54,583 in ZIP 39423, with per-capita income of $21,815 vs $25,814. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 4.2% in 39456 and 7.6% in 39423. Poverty rate reads 25.1% vs 21.0%, and unemployment 22.9% 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 $83,400 in 39456 versus $91,700 in 39423, with median rent of $777 and $359 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.9% vs 93.2%. 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.