ZIP 72412 vs ZIP 72425

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72412 (Beech Grove, AR) and ZIP 72425 (Delaplaine, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72412 has a population of 633 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 72425 has 446 at 3 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 72412 reports a median household income of $83,500 against $55,917 in ZIP 72425, with per-capita income of $58,270 vs $24,531. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.5% in 72412 and 16.6% in 72425. Poverty rate reads 5.4% vs 10.3%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 0.0% — 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 $118,100 in 72412 versus $97,100 in 72425, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 96.7%. 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.