ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 72543

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

Data updated 2026-08-24

1,040
Property rate /100K (county)
12,773
Population (ZIP)
567
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 72543 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 72543 sits within Cleburne County, AR, a county whose reported crime runs above the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

Cleburne County's reported crime sits somewhat above the national average: 567 violent and 1,040 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.

ZIP 72543 is the largest ZIP in Cleburne County by population, 12,773 residents (#1 of 10 county ZIPs), across 113.68 square miles (112/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Cleburne County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Cleburne County crime page linked below.

ZIP 72543 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Cleburne County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 72543 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
$58,182
Median age
47.7 years
Owner-occupied homes
73%
Occupied homes
5,440

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 72543?

Participating agencies give Cleburne County a split reported profile: violent crime is 61% above the U.S. benchmark while property crime is 39% below it. A single "high" or "low" label would hide that difference; the submissions neither establish complete county coverage nor identify conditions within ZIP 72543. 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.

Within the county, 72543 is one of the most populous ZIPs (#1 of 10). Its 12,773 residents therefore represent a comparatively large share of the local population, but the county total still combines reports from places outside this ZIP.

Cleburne County UCR book ZIP 72543 inherits

ZIP 72543 itself is about 112 people per Census sq mi across 113.7 sq mi (12,773 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 72543's 12,773 residents are about 51.7% of the 2024 county reporting population (24,711), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Cleburne County leans on larceny-theft at 41% of reported offenses (mix index 2,942). ZIP 72543 has no separate FBI offense book.

Cleburne County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts -16% vs 2023; property counts +27% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Cleburne 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 72543

Similar county violent rate (~567/100K)

Similar Census population (~12,773)

County detail: Cleburne 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.