ZIP 72051 vs ZIP 72680

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72051 (Fox, AR) and ZIP 72680 (Timbo, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72051 has a population of 622 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 72680 has 807 at 8 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 72051 reports a median household income of — against $43,668 in ZIP 72680, with per-capita income of $26,520 vs $23,327. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.7% in 72051 and 16.4% in 72680. Poverty rate reads 14.1% vs 14.1%, and unemployment 1.7% vs 1.8% — 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 $66,200 in 72051 versus $144,100 in 72680, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.5% vs 78.8%. 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.