ZIP code profile · 2024 county data

ZIP Code 72740

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

Data updated 2026-08-24

587
Property rate /100K (county)
10,066
Population (ZIP)
442
Violent rate /100K (county)

Is ZIP code 72740 safe? Honest data snapshot

ZIP code 72740 sits within Madison County, AR, a county whose reported crime runs above the national average (see the county-level FBI figures below, not a ZIP-specific calculation).

Madison County's reported crime sits somewhat above the national average: 442 violent and 587 property incidents per 100,000 residents in 2024.

ZIP 72740 is the largest ZIP in Madison County by population, 10,066 residents (#1 of 9 county ZIPs), across 379.62 square miles (27/sq mi). For a full breakdown of Madison County's crime categories and year-over-year trend, see the Madison County crime page linked below.

ZIP 72740 has no FBI-native crime rate (postal codes are not police jurisdictions). The property-led county proxy above is from Madison County agency submissions; see methodology for the ZCTA plurality map. Methodology.

ZIP 72740 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
$51,756
Median age
36.3 years
Owner-occupied homes
78%
Occupied homes
3,493

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 72740?

Participating agencies give Madison County a split reported profile: violent crime is 26% above the U.S. benchmark while property crime is 66% below it. A single "high" or "low" label would hide that difference; the submissions neither establish complete county coverage nor identify conditions within ZIP 72740. 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, 72740 is one of the most populous ZIPs (#1 of 9). Its 10,066 residents therefore represent a comparatively large share of the local population, but the county total still combines reports from places outside this ZIP.

Madison County UCR book ZIP 72740 inherits

ZIP 72740 itself is about 27 people per Census sq mi across 379.6 sq mi (10,066 residents), a postal settlement fact independent of the county UCR proxy.

ZIP 72740's 10,066 residents are about 60.9% of the 2024 county reporting population (16,521), a large postal share of a county-wide rate.

Madison County leans on aggravated assault at 34% of reported offenses (mix index 2,506). ZIP 72740 has no separate FBI offense book.

Madison County 2024 vs 2023: violent counts +161% vs 2023; property counts +3% vs 2023. Year-over-year moves are county agency submissions, still not ZIP-native.

Madison 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 72740

Similar county violent rate (~442/100K)

Similar Census population (~10,066)

County detail: Madison 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.