ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 72040

Prairie County, Arkansas: Census demographics for this ZIP plus the containing county's FBI UCR crime rate.

Data updated 2026-08-24

483
Property rate /100K (county)
2,485
Population (ZIP)
459
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 72040 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 72040 sits within Prairie County, AR, a county whose reported crime runs above the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

Prairie County's reported crime sits somewhat above the national average: 459 violent and 483 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.

ZIP 72040 carries a Census-reported population of 2,485, ranking #2 of 6 ZIPs in Prairie County, spread across 175.02 square miles (about 14 people per square mile). For a full breakdown of Prairie County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Prairie County crime page linked below.

ZIP 72040 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Prairie County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 72040 Census context

These are ZIP/ZCTA demographic estimates, separate from the county-level FBI proxy above. They describe the local settlement, not a crime rate.

Median household income
$35,660
Median age
52.1 years
Owner-occupied homes
67%
Occupied homes
1,060

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 5-year ZCTA estimates (income, age, and occupied housing tenure).

How useful is the county proxy for ZIP 72040?

Participating agencies give Prairie County a split reported profile: violent crime is 30% above the U.S. benchmark while property crime is 72% below it. A single "high" or "low" label would hide that difference; the submissions neither establish complete county coverage nor identify conditions within ZIP 72040. Both comparisons use the same 2024 county reporting population and FBI-submitted counts, so the two directions are internally comparable for this release, not evidence about a different year.

72040 is comparatively spread out at about 14 people per square mile. That settlement pattern may differ sharply from the county's population centers, another reason to use the county rates as regional context rather than a local estimate.

Prairie County UCR book ZIP 72040 inherits

ZIP 72040 itself is about 14 people per Census sq mi across 175 sq mi (2,485 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 72040's 2,485 residents are about 30% of the 2024 county reporting population (8,282), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Prairie County leans on aggravated assault at 45% of reported offenses (mix index 3,044). ZIP 72040 has no separate FBI offense book.

Prairie County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts +41% vs 2023; property counts -39% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Prairie County offense mix (2024)

Mix index is HHI × 10,000 on county offense-type shares. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero; still county-agency data, not a ZIP-native FBI table.

Nationwide peers for ZIP 72040

Similar Census population (~2,485)

County detail: Prairie County · State atlas: Arkansas

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ZIP population, land area, 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file, ACS 5-year estimates) and FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10 (county-level crime, attributed via ZIP-to-county crosswalk).

Verify with Census.gov Geography and FBI.gov UCR.

Read our methodology , how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page combines Census ZIP-level figures with a ZIP-to-county crosswalk to attribute FBI UCR crime data honestly, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.