ZIP 72227 vs ZIP 72207

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72227 (Little Rock, AR) and ZIP 72207 (Little Rock, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72227 has a population of 11,462 at 1,174 people per square mile, while ZIP 72207 has 10,344 at 1,307 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 72227 reports a median household income of $73,879 against $96,343 in ZIP 72207, with per-capita income of $50,132 vs $77,139. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 58.0% in 72227 and 71.5% in 72207. Poverty rate reads 16.4% vs 9.2%, and unemployment 3.9% vs 1.2% — 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 $270,400 in 72227 versus $406,600 in 72207, with median rent of $1,038 and $1,028 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 61.8% vs 68.5%. 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.