ZIP 72531 vs ZIP 72528

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72531 (Elizabeth, AR) and ZIP 72528 (Dolph, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72531 has a population of 800 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 72528 has 65 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 72531 reports a median household income of $66,397 against $25,559 in ZIP 72528, with per-capita income of $27,826 vs $19,644. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.4% in 72531 and 25.0% in 72528. Poverty rate reads 7.8% vs 40.8%, 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 $148,800 in 72531 versus $185,800 in 72528, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.5% vs 83.2%. 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.