ZIP 72427 vs ZIP 72421

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72427 (Egypt, AR) and ZIP 72421 (Cash, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72427 has a population of 174 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 72421 has 554 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 72427 reports a median household income of $28,750 against $41,310 in ZIP 72421, with per-capita income of $18,272 vs $19,416. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 8.8% in 72427 and 9.4% in 72421. Poverty rate reads 43.5% vs 22.9%, and unemployment 11.8% vs 8.0% — 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 $47,500 in 72427 versus $90,000 in 72421, with median rent of — and $830 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 47.1% vs 63.2%. 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.