ZIP 73048 vs ZIP 73021

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73048 (Hydro, OK) and ZIP 73021 (Colony, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73048 has a population of 2,020 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 73021 has 352 at 2 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 73048 reports a median household income of $58,000 against $50,179 in ZIP 73021, with per-capita income of $35,481 vs $34,631. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.3% in 73048 and 44.3% in 73021. Poverty rate reads 11.7% vs 5.4%, and unemployment 5.3% vs 1.0% — 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 $174,700 in 73048 versus $223,800 in 73021, with median rent of $782 and $736 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.2% vs 70.3%. 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.