ZIP 71945 vs ZIP 71937

This side-by-side compares ZIP 71945 (Hatfield, AR) and ZIP 71937 (Cove, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 71945 has a population of 1,437 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 71937 has 2,026 at 11 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 71945 reports a median household income of $38,090 against $57,750 in ZIP 71937, with per-capita income of $19,551 vs $28,966. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.5% in 71945 and 11.4% in 71937. Poverty rate reads 19.8% vs 24.8%, and unemployment 7.7% vs 9.9% — 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 $111,000 in 71945 versus $101,400 in 71937, with median rent of $719 and $720 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 70.7% vs 76.6%. 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.