ZIP 72424 vs ZIP 72462

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72424 (Datto, AR) and ZIP 72462 (Reyno, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72424 has a population of 94 at 27 people per square mile, while ZIP 72462 has 408 at 26 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 72424 reports a median household income of $36,667 against $56,452 in ZIP 72462, with per-capita income of $25,464 vs $33,354. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 3.8% in 72424 and 5.8% in 72462. Poverty rate reads 22.4% vs 10.7%, and unemployment 12.1% vs 0.7% — 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 $52,500 in 72424 versus $86,700 in 72462, with median rent of — and $658 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.1% vs 40.3%. 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.