ZIP 73620 vs ZIP 73601

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73620 (Arapaho, OK) and ZIP 73601 (Clinton, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73620 has a population of 1,194 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 73601 has 10,299 at 30 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 73620 reports a median household income of $53,194 against $59,630 in ZIP 73601, with per-capita income of $25,409 vs $29,674. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.8% in 73620 and 21.5% in 73601. Poverty rate reads 8.4% vs 17.9%, and unemployment 3.0% 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 $157,400 in 73620 versus $129,300 in 73601, with median rent of $812 and $867 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.3% vs 71.8%. 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.