ZIP 39745 vs ZIP 39747

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39745 (French Camp, MS) and ZIP 39747 (Kilmichael, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39745 has a population of 810 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 39747 has 1,999 at 5 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 39745 reports a median household income of $46,778 against $57,522 in ZIP 39747, with per-capita income of $26,163 vs $36,985. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 38.2% in 39745 and 23.6% in 39747. Poverty rate reads 22.3% vs 13.4%, and unemployment 0.8% vs 6.7% — 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 — in 39745 versus $90,000 in 39747, with median rent of $633 and $1,031 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.9% vs 74.3%. 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.