ZIP 72581 vs ZIP 72546

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72581 (Tumbling Shoals, AR) and ZIP 72546 (Ida, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72581 has a population of 1,030 at 36 people per square mile, while ZIP 72546 has 181 at 18 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 72581 reports a median household income of — against — in ZIP 72546, with per-capita income of $30,624 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.0% in 72581 and — in 72546. Poverty rate reads 5.0% vs —, and unemployment 4.3% vs — — 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 $123,300 in 72581 versus — in 72546, with median rent of $828 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 94.3% vs —. 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.