ZIP 72301 vs ZIP 72364

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72301 (West Memphis, AR) and ZIP 72364 (Marion, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72301 has a population of 26,069 at 533 people per square mile, while ZIP 72364 has 15,831 at 84 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 72301 reports a median household income of $42,859 against $74,462 in ZIP 72364, with per-capita income of $21,362 vs $37,065. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.9% in 72301 and 22.9% in 72364. Poverty rate reads 29.1% vs 10.4%, and unemployment 14.6% vs 5.3% — 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 $120,100 in 72301 versus $212,300 in 72364, with median rent of $871 and $1,100 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 46.0% vs 68.9%. 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.