ZIP 73036 vs ZIP 73090

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73036 (El Reno, OK) and ZIP 73090 (Union City, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73036 has a population of 18,595 at 39 people per square mile, while ZIP 73090 has 1,198 at 8 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 73036 reports a median household income of $59,915 against $96,875 in ZIP 73090, with per-capita income of $28,918 vs $33,369. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.9% in 73036 and 16.6% in 73090. Poverty rate reads 17.5% vs 13.2%, and unemployment 5.8% vs 5.0% — 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 $172,500 in 73036 versus $181,300 in 73090, with median rent of $972 and $1,268 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 62.9% vs 88.8%. 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.