ZIP 71950 vs ZIP 71958

This side-by-side compares ZIP 71950 (Kirby, 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 71950 has a population of 875 at 9 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 71950 reports a median household income of $61,786 against $48,393 in ZIP 71958, with per-capita income of $42,051 vs $29,229. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.6% in 71950 and 16.9% in 71958. Poverty rate reads 25.6% vs 20.1%, and unemployment 2.9% 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 $115,700 in 71950 versus $121,400 in 71958, with median rent of — and $521 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.2% 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.