ZIP 39507 vs ZIP 39531

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39507 (Gulfport, MS) and ZIP 39531 (Biloxi, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39507 has a population of 16,234 at 777 people per square mile, while ZIP 39531 has 17,736 at 1,012 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 39507 reports a median household income of $54,657 against $54,218 in ZIP 39531, with per-capita income of $34,049 vs $32,358. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.7% in 39507 and 33.0% in 39531. Poverty rate reads 20.8% vs 16.2%, and unemployment 5.2% vs 8.0% — 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 $217,800 in 39507 versus $211,500 in 39531, with median rent of $1,225 and $1,097 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 55.7% vs 38.6%. 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.