ZIP 73550 vs ZIP 73544

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73550 (Hollis, OK) and ZIP 73544 (Gould, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73550 has a population of 2,512 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 73544 has 268 at 1 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 73550 reports a median household income of $43,804 against $36,250 in ZIP 73544, with per-capita income of $28,264 vs $40,575. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.2% in 73550 and 19.7% in 73544. Poverty rate reads 24.7% vs 1.1%, and unemployment 7.7% 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 $80,200 in 73550 versus $64,300 in 73544, with median rent of $697 and - per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.0% vs 86.4%. 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.