ZIP 72022 vs ZIP 72002

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72022 (Bryant, AR) and ZIP 72002 (Alexander, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72022 has a population of 14,270 at 362 people per square mile, while ZIP 72002 has 14,134 at 95 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 72022 reports a median household income of $80,920 against $85,502 in ZIP 72002, with per-capita income of $40,897 vs $36,616. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 37.6% in 72022 and 31.2% in 72002. Poverty rate reads 5.7% vs 15.5%, and unemployment 3.0% vs 3.6% — 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 $216,200 in 72022 versus $220,000 in 72002, with median rent of $999 and $1,074 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.5% vs 84.4%. 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.