ZIP 72012 vs ZIP 72102

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72012 (Beebe, AR) and ZIP 72102 (Mc Rae, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72012 has a population of 11,986 at 51 people per square mile, while ZIP 72102 has 2,873 at 22 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 72012 reports a median household income of $61,277 against $59,120 in ZIP 72102, with per-capita income of $33,540 vs $27,149. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.0% in 72012 and 17.4% in 72102. Poverty rate reads 13.5% vs 19.9%, and unemployment 2.5% vs 2.9% — 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 $171,700 in 72012 versus $111,800 in 72102, with median rent of $787 and $687 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 70.3% vs 84.8%. 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.