ZIP 72040 vs ZIP 72060

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72040 (Des Arc, AR) and ZIP 72060 (Griffithville, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72040 has a population of 2,867 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 72060 has 666 at 4 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 72040 reports a median household income of $32,476 against $26,875 in ZIP 72060, with per-capita income of $28,087 vs $17,083. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 10.8% in 72040 and 10.9% in 72060. Poverty rate reads 17.9% vs 45.5%, and unemployment 4.3% vs 1.7% — 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 $74,800 in 72040 versus $72,500 in 72060, with median rent of $528 and $1,270 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 64.8% vs 86.7%. 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.