ZIP 73540 vs ZIP 73528

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