ZIP 71847 vs ZIP 71825

This side-by-side compares ZIP 71847 (Mc Caskill, AR) and ZIP 71825 (Blevins, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 71847 has a population of 673 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 71825 has 645 at 10 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 71847 reports a median household income of $23,920 against $72,610 in ZIP 71825, with per-capita income of $13,442 vs $24,899. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.6% in 71847 and 22.3% in 71825. Poverty rate reads 54.3% vs 9.5%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 $130,400 in 71847 versus $181,300 in 71825, with median rent of — and $763 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.4% vs 92.3%. 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.