ZIP 71937 vs ZIP 71972

This side-by-side compares ZIP 71937 (Cove, AR) and ZIP 71972 (Vandervoort, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 71937 has a population of 2,026 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 71972 has 309 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 71937 reports a median household income of $57,750 against $68,542 in ZIP 71972, with per-capita income of $28,966 vs $34,723. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.4% in 71937 and 13.6% in 71972. Poverty rate reads 24.8% vs 13.5%, and unemployment 9.9% vs 0.0% — 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 $101,400 in 71937 versus $67,600 in 71972, with median rent of $720 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.6% vs 63.7%. 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.