ZIP 39752 vs ZIP 39750

This side-by-side compares ZIP 39752 (Mathiston, MS) and ZIP 39750 (Maben, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 39752 has a population of 2,473 at 14 people per square mile, while ZIP 39750 has 2,781 at 13 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 39752 reports a median household income of $78,750 against $49,402 in ZIP 39750, with per-capita income of $32,256 vs $26,480. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.6% in 39752 and 20.2% in 39750. Poverty rate reads 11.9% vs 19.5%, and unemployment 3.9% vs 5.4% — 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 $127,200 in 39752 versus $105,000 in 39750, with median rent of $907 and $631 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.4% vs 80.2%. 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.