ZIP 71630 vs ZIP 38702

This side-by-side compares ZIP 71630 (Arkansas City, AR) and ZIP 38702 (Greenville, MS) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 71630 has a population of 405 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 38702 has 1 at 0 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 71630 reports a median household income of $41,900 against — in ZIP 38702, with per-capita income of $21,836 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.5% in 71630 and — in 38702. Poverty rate reads 16.7% vs —, and unemployment 8.9% 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 $104,700 in 71630 versus — in 38702, with median rent of $625 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.0% 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.