ZIP 66711 vs ZIP 66712

This side-by-side compares ZIP 66711 (Arcadia, KS) and ZIP 66712 (Arma, KS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 66711 has a population of 610 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 66712 has 1,939 at 34 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 66711 reports a median household income of $58,333 against $53,281 in ZIP 66712, with per-capita income of $26,318 vs $33,750. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.4% in 66711 and 19.5% in 66712. Poverty rate reads 14.0% vs 12.1%, and unemployment 6.3% vs 7.1% — 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 $68,500 in 66711 versus $82,700 in 66712, with median rent of $775 and $828 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.8% vs 69.4%. 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.