ZIP 73528 vs ZIP 73540

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73528 (Chattanooga, OK) and ZIP 73540 (Faxon, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73528 has a population of 680 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 73540 has 439 at 3 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 73528 reports a median household income of $59,583 against $86,458 in ZIP 73540, with per-capita income of $26,560 vs $39,615. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.4% in 73528 and 28.2% in 73540. Poverty rate reads 15.2% vs 6.9%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 8.3% — 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 $156,000 in 73528 versus $211,100 in 73540, with median rent of $792 and $525 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.7% vs 86.8%. 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.