ZIP 71943 vs ZIP 71958

This side-by-side compares ZIP 71943 (Glenwood, AR) and ZIP 71958 (Murfreesboro, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 71943 has a population of 4,821 at 17 people per square mile, while ZIP 71958 has 2,525 at 9 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 71943 reports a median household income of $44,904 against $48,393 in ZIP 71958, with per-capita income of $25,501 vs $29,229. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.9% in 71943 and 16.9% in 71958. Poverty rate reads 33.8% vs 20.1%, and unemployment 3.3% 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 $121,800 in 71943 versus $121,400 in 71958, with median rent of $694 and $521 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 64.9% vs 79.1%. 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.