ZIP 39648 vs ZIP 39635

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39648 (Mccomb, MS) and ZIP 39635 (Fernwood, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39648 has a population of 21,710 at 81 people per square mile, while ZIP 39635 has 170 at 54 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 39648 reports a median household income of $42,737 against — in ZIP 39635, with per-capita income of $21,586 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.1% in 39648 and — in 39635. Poverty rate reads 25.7% vs —, and unemployment 6.6% vs — — 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 $105,300 in 39648 versus — in 39635, with median rent of $927 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 55.5% 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.