ZIP 72471 vs ZIP 72410

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72471 (Swifton, AR) and ZIP 72410 (Alicia, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72471 has a population of 1,108 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 72410 has 498 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 72471 reports a median household income of $45,313 against $53,350 in ZIP 72410, with per-capita income of $20,385 vs $25,897. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.9% in 72471 and 10.2% in 72410. Poverty rate reads 24.3% vs 31.5%, and unemployment 12.3% vs 2.4% — 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 $69,900 in 72471 versus $50,400 in 72410, with median rent of $573 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 53.2% vs 69.2%. 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.