ZIP 72324 vs ZIP 72429

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72324 (Cherry Valley, AR) and ZIP 72429 (Fisher, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72324 has a population of 1,978 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 72429 has 427 at 2 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 72324 reports a median household income of $36,324 against $36,000 in ZIP 72429, with per-capita income of $33,346 vs $27,690. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.0% in 72324 and 8.1% in 72429. Poverty rate reads 22.6% vs 23.9%, and unemployment 8.8% vs 2.8% — 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 $104,900 in 72324 versus $76,200 in 72429, with median rent of $854 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 60.5% vs 80.6%. 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.