ZIP 72338 vs ZIP 72350

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72338 (Frenchmans Bayou, AR) and ZIP 72350 (Joiner, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72338 has a population of 52 at 1 people per square mile, while ZIP 72350 has 1,226 at 6 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 72338 reports a median household income of — against $38,580 in ZIP 72350, with per-capita income of — vs $35,700. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 0.0% in 72338 and 11.1% in 72350. Poverty rate reads 100.0% vs 25.7%, and unemployment 100.0% vs 13.4% — 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 — in 72338 versus $78,000 in 72350, with median rent of — and $664 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 0.0% vs 63.2%. 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.