ZIP 73044 vs ZIP 73028

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73044 (Guthrie, OK) and ZIP 73028 (Crescent, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73044 has a population of 20,226 at 30 people per square mile, while ZIP 73028 has 3,454 at 9 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 73044 reports a median household income of $72,288 against $56,372 in ZIP 73028, with per-capita income of $34,840 vs $32,192. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.7% in 73044 and 13.2% in 73028. Poverty rate reads 13.9% vs 13.9%, and unemployment 3.0% vs 6.5% — 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 $211,600 in 73044 versus $154,900 in 73028, with median rent of $887 and $798 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.7% vs 71.0%. 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.