ZIP 73738 vs ZIP 73730

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73738 (Garber, OK) and ZIP 73730 (Covington, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73738 has a population of 1,134 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 73730 has 734 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 73738 reports a median household income of $79,643 against $56,875 in ZIP 73730, with per-capita income of $33,420 vs $33,765. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.6% in 73738 and 24.0% in 73730. Poverty rate reads 14.1% vs 4.5%, and unemployment 5.8% vs 6.6% — 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 $115,000 in 73738 versus $210,700 in 73730, with median rent of $931 and $950 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.5% vs 89.7%. 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.