ZIP 73449 vs ZIP 74753

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73449 (Mead, OK) and ZIP 74753 (Platter, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73449 has a population of 2,987 at 31 people per square mile, while ZIP 74753 has 52 at 285 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 73449 reports a median household income of $52,338 against — in ZIP 74753, with per-capita income of $32,096 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.1% in 73449 and — in 74753. Poverty rate reads 23.0% vs —, and unemployment 12.3% vs — — 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 $143,700 in 73449 versus — in 74753, with median rent of $870 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.9% vs —. 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.