ZIP 72845 vs ZIP 72847

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72845 (Knoxville, AR) and ZIP 72847 (London, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72845 has a population of 1,216 at 41 people per square mile, while ZIP 72847 has 2,850 at 25 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 72845 reports a median household income of $63,462 against $61,158 in ZIP 72847, with per-capita income of $33,651 vs $30,267. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 10.4% in 72845 and 20.2% in 72847. Poverty rate reads 20.3% vs 13.3%, and unemployment 2.0% vs 2.2% — 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 $118,500 in 72845 versus $161,200 in 72847, with median rent of $933 and $814 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.9% vs 89.0%. 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.