ZIP 73567 vs ZIP 73541

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73567 (Sterling, OK) and ZIP 73541 (Fletcher, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73567 has a population of 860 at 72 people per square mile, while ZIP 73541 has 3,106 at 14 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 73567 reports a median household income of $66,250 against $61,420 in ZIP 73541, with per-capita income of $36,187 vs $46,212. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.2% in 73567 and 21.2% in 73541. Poverty rate reads 13.4% vs 13.5%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 $127,000 in 73567 versus $171,500 in 73541, with median rent of $604 and $1,023 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.3% vs 83.4%. 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.