ZIP 72524 vs ZIP 72572

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72524 (Cord, AR) and ZIP 72572 (Saffell, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72524 has a population of 376 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 72572 has 228 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 72524 reports a median household income of — against $67,619 in ZIP 72572, with per-capita income of $21,091 vs $27,136. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.9% in 72524 and 7.6% in 72572. Poverty rate reads 53.4% vs 18.1%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 29.8% — 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 72524 versus $151,100 in 72572, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.5% vs 71.6%. 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.