ZIP 72943 vs ZIP 72826

This side-by-side compares ZIP 72943 (Magazine, AR) and ZIP 72826 (Blue Mountain, AR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 72943 has a population of 2,646 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 72826 has 47 at 60 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 72943 reports a median household income of $62,022 against — in ZIP 72826, with per-capita income of $30,137 vs $26,990. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.5% in 72943 and 0.0% in 72826. Poverty rate reads 16.1% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 5.0% vs 0.0% — 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 $154,200 in 72943 versus — in 72826, with median rent of $827 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.0% vs 100.0%. 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.