ZIP 72410 vs ZIP 72445

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72410 (Alicia, AR) and ZIP 72445 (Minturn, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72410 has a population of 498 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 72445 has 91 at 77 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 72410 reports a median household income of $53,350 against — in ZIP 72445, with per-capita income of $25,897 vs $23,812. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 10.2% in 72410 and 30.9% in 72445. Poverty rate reads 31.5% vs 17.6%, and unemployment 2.4% vs 28.3% — 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 $50,400 in 72410 versus $310,700 in 72445, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.2% vs 86.2%. 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.