ZIP 73051 vs ZIP 73068

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73051 (Lexington, OK) and ZIP 73068 (Noble, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73051 has a population of 10,264 at 31 people per square mile, while ZIP 73068 has 11,707 at 72 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 73051 reports a median household income of $65,872 against $73,821 in ZIP 73068, with per-capita income of $24,083 vs $35,680. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.3% in 73051 and 22.7% in 73068. Poverty rate reads 16.2% vs 11.7%, and unemployment 5.7% vs 3.0% — 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 $164,700 in 73051 versus $192,000 in 73068, with median rent of $990 and $1,041 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.6% vs 75.2%. 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.