ZIP 72532 vs ZIP 72513

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72532 (Evening Shade, AR) and ZIP 72513 (Ash Flat, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72532 has a population of 1,712 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 72513 has 2,856 at 12 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 72532 reports a median household income of $38,750 against $40,055 in ZIP 72513, with per-capita income of $20,752 vs $20,653. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 10.3% in 72532 and 12.5% in 72513. Poverty rate reads 9.3% vs 26.2%, and unemployment 2.2% vs 2.3% — 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 $113,100 in 72532 versus $98,100 in 72513, with median rent of $829 and $675 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.7% vs 78.0%. 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.