ZIP 73542 vs ZIP 73555

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73542 (Frederick, OK) and ZIP 73555 (Manitou, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73542 has a population of 4,659 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 73555 has 214 at 4 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 73542 reports a median household income of $49,734 against $66,250 in ZIP 73555, with per-capita income of $26,762 vs $32,241. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.6% in 73542 and 9.5% in 73555. Poverty rate reads 23.0% vs 3.2%, and unemployment 6.6% vs 0.0% — 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 $96,300 in 73542 versus $45,500 in 73555, with median rent of $762 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 70.6% vs 91.0%. 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.