ZIP 73049 vs ZIP 73084

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73049 (Jones, OK) and ZIP 73084 (Spencer, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73049 has a population of 5,910 at 37 people per square mile, while ZIP 73084 has 6,518 at 149 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 73049 reports a median household income of $94,891 against $54,375 in ZIP 73084, with per-capita income of $46,931 vs $25,083. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 36.4% in 73049 and 20.8% in 73084. Poverty rate reads 10.0% vs 20.4%, and unemployment 2.1% vs 10.1% — 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 $261,500 in 73049 versus $141,600 in 73084, with median rent of $964 and $838 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.6% vs 67.9%. 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.