ZIP 71935 vs ZIP 71960

This side-by-side compares ZIP 71935 (Caddo Gap, AR) and ZIP 71960 (Norman, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 71935 has a population of 808 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 71960 has 1,383 at 4 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 71935 reports a median household income of $48,750 against $66,917 in ZIP 71960, with per-capita income of $25,315 vs $27,508. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.2% in 71935 and 20.4% in 71960. Poverty rate reads 10.3% vs 9.9%, and unemployment 6.6% vs 2.7% — 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 $155,800 in 71935 versus $117,300 in 71960, with median rent of — and $631 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.4% vs 88.4%. 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.