ZIP 72520 vs ZIP 72539

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72520 (Camp, AR) and ZIP 72539 (Glencoe, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72520 has a population of 309 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 72539 has 253 at 6 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 72520 reports a median household income of $23,776 against $85,625 in ZIP 72539, with per-capita income of $35,204 vs $41,032. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 35.7% in 72520 and 0.0% in 72539. Poverty rate reads 21.8% vs 11.4%, 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 72520 versus $102,200 in 72539, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.5% 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.