ZIP 73099 vs ZIP 73008

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73099 (Yukon, OK) and ZIP 73008 (Bethany, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73099 has a population of 57,492 at 183 people per square mile, while ZIP 73008 has 19,800 at 981 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 73099 reports a median household income of $88,030 against $57,459 in ZIP 73008, with per-capita income of $39,215 vs $26,079. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 35.4% in 73099 and 24.7% in 73008. Poverty rate reads 6.0% vs 20.1%, and unemployment 4.3% vs 6.2% — 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 $245,700 in 73099 versus $173,200 in 73008, with median rent of $1,364 and $1,071 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.9% vs 54.0%. 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.