ZIP 72061 vs ZIP 72039

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72061 (Guy, AR) and ZIP 72039 (Damascus, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72061 has a population of 250 at 26 people per square mile, while ZIP 72039 has 2,131 at 14 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 72061 reports a median household income of $81,141 against $63,667 in ZIP 72039, with per-capita income of $21,779 vs $32,675. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.4% in 72061 and 18.1% in 72039. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 18.5%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 1.1% — 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 $136,400 in 72061 versus $178,900 in 72039, with median rent of — and $1,094 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 78.9%. 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.