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72561 — Mount Pleasant, AR

The neighborhood scorecard for ZIP 72561 in Mount Pleasant, AR blends seven federal datasets into a single letter grade of C+ (62/100). The underlying inputs pulled for this ZIP include a median household income of $71,916, a median home value of $265,600, 28.5% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher, and an average commute of . Every value comes directly from Census ACS 5-Year Estimates tied to ZIP 72561, not a national average mapped onto the ZIP.

Cross-agency inputs extend the score beyond Census demographics. If any of these feeds is missing for 72561, the scorecard transparently drops that dimension rather than inventing a score.

Reading the grade means reading the dimensions together. The overall C+ score for 72561 reflects a weighted blend — Income (20%), Safety (20%), Housing (15%), Rent (15%), Education (10%), Commute (10%), and Childcare (10%) — and each dimension is benchmarked against national percentiles rather than in-state-only comparisons. Strengths visible in the raw data include rent. Areas pulling the overall grade down are education, housing. The 5 nearby ZIP codes listed below provide immediate geographic context — two adjacent ZIPs can land several grade letters apart due to school-district boundaries, zoning, and commute arteries.

C+
Overall Score
62/100
72561 — Mount Pleasant, AR
Income C
$71,916
Median household income
Education D
28.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher
Housing D
3.7x
Home value $265,600 vs income
Commute N/A
N/A
Average commute time
Rent A+
$880/mo
2BR fair market rent (15% of income)
Safety N/A
N/A
Violent crime rate (county)
Childcare N/A
N/A
Center-based infant care cost

Score Breakdown

Income

C
$71,916

Median household income

Score: 60/100

Education

D
28.5%

Bachelor's degree or higher

Score: 47/100

Housing

D
3.7x

Home value $265,600 vs income

Score: 45/100

Commute

N/A
N/A

Average commute time

Rent

A+
$880/mo

2BR fair market rent (15% of income)

Score: 90/100

Safety

N/A
N/A

Violent crime rate (county)

Childcare

N/A
N/A

Center-based infant care cost

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What This Means

Mount Pleasant, AR (72561) receives an overall grade of C+ based on publicly available data from the Census Bureau, HUD, FBI, and Department of Labor. This area performs well in rent. Data was unavailable for commute, safety, childcare — these dimensions were excluded from the overall score.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the overall score for ZIP 72561?
ZIP 72561 (Mount Pleasant, AR) has an overall neighborhood score of 62/100, earning a grade of C+. This score combines 7 dimensions: income, education, housing affordability, commute, rent, safety, and childcare costs.
Is 72561 a good place to live?
Based on Census, HUD, FBI, and DOL data, 72561 scores C+ overall. Strengths include rent. Areas that score lower: education, housing.
How is the neighborhood scorecard calculated?
The scorecard evaluates 7 dimensions weighted by importance: Income (20%), Safety (20%), Housing affordability (15%), Rent (15%), Education (10%), Commute (10%), and Childcare (10%). Each metric is compared against national benchmarks to produce a percentile score.

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Report. Source: DOL Childcare Costs. Verify with HUD →