ZIP 73045 vs ZIP 74851

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73045 (Harrah, OK) and ZIP 74851 (Mcloud, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73045 has a population of 10,378 at 61 people per square mile, while ZIP 74851 has 9,805 at 44 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 73045 reports a median household income of $81,274 against $74,438 in ZIP 74851, with per-capita income of $35,670 vs $28,767. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.5% in 73045 and 13.8% in 74851. Poverty rate reads 11.7% vs 11.1%, and unemployment 1.9% 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 $221,300 in 73045 versus $173,800 in 74851, with median rent of $948 and $701 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.0% vs 83.9%. 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.