ZIP 72517 vs ZIP 72585

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72517 (Brockwell, AR) and ZIP 72585 (Wideman, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72517 has a population of 487 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 72585 has 216 at 4 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 72517 reports a median household income of $50,446 against — in ZIP 72585, with per-capita income of $19,109 vs $19,167. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 0.0% in 72517 and 28.8% in 72585. Poverty rate reads 17.4% vs 33.7%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 72517 versus $111,000 in 72585, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 57.6% 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.