ZIP 72341 vs ZIP 72335

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72341 (Haynes, AR) and ZIP 72335 (Forrest City, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72341 has a population of 222 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 72335 has 20,121 at 49 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 72341 reports a median household income of $53,278 against $40,400 in ZIP 72335, with per-capita income of $28,210 vs $20,075. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 0.0% in 72341 and 15.2% in 72335. Poverty rate reads 14.1% vs 31.7%, and unemployment 24.5% vs 10.1% — 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 $45,600 in 72341 versus $95,400 in 72335, with median rent of — and $804 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 46.6% vs 48.3%. 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.