ZIP 73543 vs ZIP 73572

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73543 (Geronimo, OK) and ZIP 73572 (Walters, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73543 has a population of 1,859 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 73572 has 3,699 at 5 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 73543 reports a median household income of $86,667 against $57,065 in ZIP 73572, with per-capita income of $37,535 vs $35,849. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.2% in 73543 and 25.2% in 73572. Poverty rate reads 13.4% vs 20.9%, and unemployment 4.2% vs 2.5% — 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 $117,100 in 73543 versus $123,500 in 73572, with median rent of $1,145 and $750 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.9% vs 81.1%. 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.