ZIP 72444 vs ZIP 72462

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72444 (Maynard, 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 72444 has a population of 1,821 at 7 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 72444 reports a median household income of $32,276 against $56,452 in ZIP 72462, with per-capita income of $22,352 vs $33,354. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.2% in 72444 and 5.8% in 72462. Poverty rate reads 30.5% vs 10.7%, and unemployment 4.8% 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 $152,800 in 72444 versus $86,700 in 72462, with median rent of $440 and $658 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.1% 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.