ZIP 72537 vs ZIP 72544

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72537 (Gamaliel, AR) and ZIP 72544 (Henderson, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72537 has a population of 805 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 72544 has 636 at 9 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 72537 reports a median household income of $40,441 against $44,057 in ZIP 72544, with per-capita income of $33,010 vs $24,087. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.8% in 72537 and 28.5% in 72544. Poverty rate reads 9.3% vs 7.8%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 3.6% — 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 $122,900 in 72537 versus $193,100 in 72544, with median rent of $695 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.8% vs 87.6%. 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.