ZIP 72311 vs ZIP 72360

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72311 (Aubrey, AR) and ZIP 72360 (Marianna, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72311 has a population of 135 at 51 people per square mile, while ZIP 72360 has 6,466 at 8 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 72311 reports a median household income of $64,063 against $22,574 in ZIP 72360, with per-capita income of $28,336 vs $17,436. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 0.0% in 72311 and 7.4% in 72360. Poverty rate reads 17.5% vs 49.7%, and unemployment 18.2% vs 23.3% — 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 $85,000 in 72311 versus $68,800 in 72360, with median rent of — and $660 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 66.7% vs 50.3%. 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.