ZIP 73716 vs ZIP 73726

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73716 (Aline, OK) and ZIP 73726 (Carmen, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73716 has a population of 510 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 73726 has 472 at 2 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 73716 reports a median household income of $78,309 against $59,063 in ZIP 73726, with per-capita income of $41,617 vs $38,867. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.4% in 73716 and 24.0% in 73726. Poverty rate reads 6.0% vs 27.4%, and unemployment 1.5% vs 2.3% — 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 $104,400 in 73716 versus $65,000 in 73726, with median rent of $439 and $688 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.7% vs 68.9%. 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.