ZIP 72431 vs ZIP 72005

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72431 (Grubbs, AR) and ZIP 72005 (Amagon, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72431 has a population of 401 at 25 people per square mile, while ZIP 72005 has 248 at 5 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 72431 reports a median household income of $78,750 against — in ZIP 72005, with per-capita income of $35,879 vs $28,270. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 4.8% in 72431 and 0.0% in 72005. Poverty rate reads 17.8% vs 10.6%, and unemployment 1.3% 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 — in 72431 versus — in 72005, with median rent of $1,258 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.6% vs 100.0%. 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.