ZIP 72824 vs ZIP 72851

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72824 (Belleville, AR) and ZIP 72851 (New Blaine, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72824 has a population of 1,876 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 72851 has 572 at 5 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 72824 reports a median household income of $78,628 against $68,750 in ZIP 72851, with per-capita income of $30,964 vs $29,327. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.5% in 72824 and 25.1% in 72851. Poverty rate reads 11.9% vs 7.4%, and unemployment 4.3% vs 10.9% — 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 $121,600 in 72824 versus $190,300 in 72851, with median rent of $767 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.3% vs 94.7%. 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.