ZIP 73425 vs ZIP 73481

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73425 (Countyline, OK) and ZIP 73481 (Ratliff City, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73425 has a population of 84 at 24 people per square mile, while ZIP 73481 has 978 at 5 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 73425 reports a median household income of $35,637 against $63,250 in ZIP 73481, with per-capita income of $25,059 vs $39,962. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 3.4% in 73425 and 14.0% in 73481. Poverty rate reads 22.9% vs 13.7%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 2.6% — 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 — in 73425 versus $104,400 in 73481, with median rent of — and $783 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.6% vs 92.6%. 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.