ZIP 73086 vs ZIP 73032

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73086 (Sulphur, OK) and ZIP 73032 (Dougherty, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73086 has a population of 8,345 at 18 people per square mile, while ZIP 73032 has 222 at 42 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 73086 reports a median household income of $70,471 against $53,125 in ZIP 73032, with per-capita income of $36,839 vs $25,762. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.7% in 73086 and 8.8% in 73032. Poverty rate reads 11.9% vs 22.9%, and unemployment 1.6% vs 15.3% — 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 $159,000 in 73086 versus $93,800 in 73032, with median rent of $936 and $1,045 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.1% vs 63.6%. 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.