ZIP 73052 vs ZIP 73002

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73052 (Lindsay, OK) and ZIP 73002 (Alex, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73052 has a population of 6,315 at 12 people per square mile, while ZIP 73002 has 1,062 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 73052 reports a median household income of $62,222 against $69,808 in ZIP 73002, with per-capita income of $30,017 vs $27,824. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.5% in 73052 and 10.9% in 73002. Poverty rate reads 12.1% vs 9.6%, and unemployment 4.7% vs 9.3% — 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 $169,500 in 73052 versus $105,600 in 73002, with median rent of $776 and $680 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 70.8% vs 82.2%. 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.