ZIP 72212 vs ZIP 72211

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72212 (Little Rock, AR) and ZIP 72211 (Little Rock, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72212 has a population of 12,705 at 742 people per square mile, while ZIP 72211 has 21,288 at 1,091 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 72212 reports a median household income of $114,140 against $83,134 in ZIP 72211, with per-capita income of $60,687 vs $55,835. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 70.5% in 72212 and 55.4% in 72211. Poverty rate reads 3.1% vs 8.1%, and unemployment 0.7% vs 1.6% — 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 $338,300 in 72212 versus $284,100 in 72211, with median rent of $1,102 and $1,181 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.3% vs 49.6%. 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.