ZIP 71701 vs ZIP 71720

This side-by-side compares ZIP 71701 (Camden, AR) and ZIP 71720 (Bearden, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 71701 has a population of 20,286 at 27 people per square mile, while ZIP 71720 has 2,498 at 7 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 71701 reports a median household income of $49,110 against $61,250 in ZIP 71720, with per-capita income of $28,141 vs $25,714. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.3% in 71701 and 15.8% in 71720. Poverty rate reads 18.6% vs 17.5%, and unemployment 5.4% vs 2.1% — 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 $113,700 in 71701 versus $102,400 in 71720, with median rent of $794 and $809 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.3% vs 74.8%. 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.