ZIP 73503 vs ZIP 73557

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73503 (Fort Sill, OK) and ZIP 73557 (Medicine Park, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73503 has a population of 10,996 at 50 people per square mile, while ZIP 73557 has 427 at 71 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 73503 reports a median household income of $60,859 against $118,056 in ZIP 73557, with per-capita income of $23,318 vs $83,358. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.2% in 73503 and 51.1% in 73557. Poverty rate reads 8.4% vs 7.7%, and unemployment 1.0% vs 4.6% — 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 73503 versus $326,500 in 73557, with median rent of $1,228 and $1,375 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 0.0% vs 95.5%. 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.