ZIP 76006 vs ZIP 76040

This side-by-side compares ZIP 76006 (Arlington, TX) and ZIP 76040 (Euless, TX) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 76006 has a population of 22,639 at 1,158 people per square mile, while ZIP 76040 has 27,524 at 934 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 76006 reports a median household income of $59,139 against $72,661 in ZIP 76040, with per-capita income of $47,382 vs $35,294. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.0% in 76006 and 30.2% in 76040. Poverty rate reads 12.9% vs 9.3%, and unemployment 4.3% vs 3.9% — 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 $294,200 in 76006 versus $297,900 in 76040, with median rent of $1,405 and $1,332 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 24.8% vs 43.7%. 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.