ZIP 39501 vs ZIP 39560

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39501 (Gulfport, MS) and ZIP 39560 (Long Beach, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39501 has a population of 21,987 at 620 people per square mile, while ZIP 39560 has 16,844 at 298 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 39501 reports a median household income of $34,758 against $69,769 in ZIP 39560, with per-capita income of $23,273 vs $35,368. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.5% in 39501 and 34.0% in 39560. Poverty rate reads 32.2% vs 12.3%, and unemployment 15.4% vs 6.2% — 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 $121,800 in 39501 versus $219,000 in 39560, with median rent of $984 and $1,201 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 39.7% vs 66.3%. 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.