ZIP 72101 vs ZIP 72006

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72101 (Mc Crory, AR) and ZIP 72006 (Augusta, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72101 has a population of 3,378 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 72006 has 2,603 at 5 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 72101 reports a median household income of $50,921 against $51,775 in ZIP 72006, with per-capita income of $33,530 vs $26,730. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.6% in 72101 and 11.5% in 72006. Poverty rate reads 14.6% vs 27.7%, and unemployment 3.5% vs 6.5% — 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 $105,100 in 72101 versus $126,800 in 72006, with median rent of $605 and $650 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.2% vs 66.7%. 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.