ZIP 72560 vs ZIP 72645

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72560 (Mountain View, AR) and ZIP 72645 (Leslie, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72560 has a population of 8,754 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 72645 has 1,867 at 4 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 72560 reports a median household income of $37,134 against $33,516 in ZIP 72645, with per-capita income of $25,510 vs $22,791. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.3% in 72560 and 7.0% in 72645. Poverty rate reads 21.7% vs 27.0%, and unemployment 2.1% vs 4.3% — 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 $178,400 in 72560 versus $116,200 in 72645, with median rent of $632 and $405 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.4% vs 78.3%. 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.