ZIP 71941 vs ZIP 72104

This side-by-side compares ZIP 71941 (Donaldson, AR) and ZIP 72104 (Malvern, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 71941 has a population of 2,098 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 72104 has 23,354 at 28 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 71941 reports a median household income of $70,329 against $54,774 in ZIP 72104, with per-capita income of $32,406 vs $24,638. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.9% in 71941 and 16.1% in 72104. Poverty rate reads 16.5% vs 16.6%, and unemployment 2.1% vs 3.8% — 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 $151,400 in 71941 versus $127,700 in 72104, with median rent of $910 and $767 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.3% vs 71.1%. 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.