ZIP 39540 vs ZIP 39534

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39540 (Diberville, MS) and ZIP 39534 (Biloxi, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39540 has a population of 8,522 at 714 people per square mile, while ZIP 39534 has 2,379 at 569 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 39540 reports a median household income of $66,016 against — in ZIP 39534, with per-capita income of $33,621 vs $24,521. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.9% in 39540 and 30.0% in 39534. Poverty rate reads 18.8% vs —, and unemployment 2.8% vs 0.0% — 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 $210,100 in 39540 versus — in 39534, with median rent of $1,249 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 59.0% vs —. 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.