ZIP 39479 vs ZIP 39428

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39479 (Seminary, MS) and ZIP 39428 (Collins, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39479 has a population of 5,796 at 18 people per square mile, while ZIP 39428 has 9,761 at 21 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 39479 reports a median household income of $47,426 against $46,466 in ZIP 39428, with per-capita income of $26,517 vs $28,365. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.7% in 39479 and 18.4% in 39428. Poverty rate reads 21.2% vs 19.5%, and unemployment 0.4% vs 3.1% — 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 $136,200 in 39479 versus $102,900 in 39428, with median rent of $532 and $681 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.7% vs 76.1%. 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.