ZIP 72131 vs ZIP 72061

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72131 (Quitman, AR) and ZIP 72061 (Guy, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72131 has a population of 4,631 at 14 people per square mile, while ZIP 72061 has 250 at 26 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 72131 reports a median household income of $46,629 against $81,141 in ZIP 72061, with per-capita income of $23,582 vs $21,779. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.1% in 72131 and 20.4% in 72061. Poverty rate reads 14.5% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 3.4% vs 0.0% — 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 $161,900 in 72131 versus $136,400 in 72061, with median rent of $738 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.6% vs 100.0%. 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.