ZIP 71820 vs ZIP 71842

This side-by-side compares ZIP 71820 (Alleene, AR) and ZIP 71842 (Horatio, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 71820 has a population of 103 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 71842 has 2,241 at 11 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 71820 reports a median household income of — against $55,810 in ZIP 71842, with per-capita income of $34,376 vs $29,505. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 6.5% in 71820 and 13.5% in 71842. Poverty rate reads 17.4% vs 12.4%, and unemployment 4.3% 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 $184,900 in 71820 versus $175,500 in 71842, with median rent of — and $909 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.5% vs 81.4%. 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.