ZIP 72456 vs ZIP 72441

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72456 (Pollard, AR) and ZIP 72441 (Mc Dougal, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72456 has a population of 585 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 72441 has 94 at 140 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 72456 reports a median household income of $49,861 against — in ZIP 72441, with per-capita income of $25,177 vs $45,641. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.1% in 72456 and 0.0% in 72441. Poverty rate reads 14.6% vs 25.5%, and unemployment 3.6% 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 $116,500 in 72456 versus — in 72441, with median rent of $1,625 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.5% vs 88.0%. 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.