ZIP 73010 vs ZIP 73080

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73010 (Blanchard, OK) and ZIP 73080 (Purcell, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73010 has a population of 17,563 at 38 people per square mile, while ZIP 73080 has 9,276 at 33 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 73010 reports a median household income of $90,110 against $72,500 in ZIP 73080, with per-capita income of $42,099 vs $35,166. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.7% in 73010 and 22.2% in 73080. Poverty rate reads 8.8% vs 10.7%, and unemployment 7.6% vs 2.6% — 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 $271,900 in 73010 versus $230,900 in 73080, with median rent of $1,010 and $880 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.8% vs 68.2%. 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.