ZIP 39581 vs ZIP 39563

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39581 (Pascagoula, MS) and ZIP 39563 (Moss Point, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39581 has a population of 11,595 at 228 people per square mile, while ZIP 39563 has 13,790 at 262 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 39581 reports a median household income of $37,927 against $44,243 in ZIP 39563, with per-capita income of $23,008 vs $25,041. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.5% in 39581 and 13.9% in 39563. Poverty rate reads 32.1% vs 20.1%, and unemployment 9.7% vs 12.0% — 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 $153,100 in 39581 versus $110,300 in 39563, with median rent of $894 and $1,069 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 40.8% vs 72.5%. 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.