ZIP 73027 vs ZIP 73050

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73027 (Coyle, OK) and ZIP 73050 (Langston, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73027 has a population of 1,493 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 73050 has 1,370 at 329 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 73027 reports a median household income of $83,238 against $32,500 in ZIP 73050, with per-capita income of $38,401 vs $7,111. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.7% in 73027 and 16.2% in 73050. Poverty rate reads 4.8% vs 25.2%, and unemployment 0.4% vs 13.7% — 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 $105,700 in 73027 versus — in 73050, with median rent of $763 and $465 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.8% vs 29.8%. 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.