ZIP 72081 vs ZIP 72082

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72081 (Judsonia, AR) and ZIP 72082 (Kensett, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72081 has a population of 7,798 at 32 people per square mile, while ZIP 72082 has 1,935 at 141 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 72081 reports a median household income of $45,620 against $31,638 in ZIP 72082, with per-capita income of $26,921 vs $19,079. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.0% in 72081 and 3.7% in 72082. Poverty rate reads 17.1% vs 27.8%, and unemployment 8.9% vs 5.1% — 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 $151,700 in 72081 versus $91,000 in 72082, with median rent of $808 and $744 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.1% vs 41.3%. 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.