ZIP 72141 vs ZIP 72030

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72141 (Scotland, AR) and ZIP 72030 (Cleveland, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72141 has a population of 625 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 72030 has 705 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 72141 reports a median household income of $28,342 against — in ZIP 72030, with per-capita income of $13,662 vs $22,003. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 6.7% in 72141 and 6.3% in 72030. Poverty rate reads 22.6% vs 63.8%, and unemployment 12.8% vs 7.5% — 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 $96,100 in 72141 versus $133,300 in 72030, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 57.3% vs 49.8%. 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.