ZIP 72376 vs ZIP 72332

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72376 (Proctor, AR) and ZIP 72332 (Edmondson, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72376 has a population of 1,977 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 72332 has 104 at 604 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 72376 reports a median household income of $50,347 against — in ZIP 72332, with per-capita income of $32,133 vs $8,862. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.7% in 72376 and 3.1% in 72332. Poverty rate reads 13.7% vs 63.0%, and unemployment 1.3% vs 10.9% — 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 $117,000 in 72376 versus $116,700 in 72332, with median rent of $600 and $635 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.6% vs 10.7%. 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.