ZIP 71971 vs ZIP 71959

This side-by-side compares ZIP 71971 (Umpire, AR) and ZIP 71959 (Newhope, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 71971 has a population of 513 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 71959 has 754 at 5 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 71971 reports a median household income of $73,413 against — in ZIP 71959, with per-capita income of $35,914 vs $27,031. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.4% in 71971 and 23.4% in 71959. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 17.9%, and unemployment 4.1% vs 7.3% — 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 $163,200 in 71971 versus $136,700 in 71959, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.3% vs 87.3%. 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.