ZIP 73742 vs ZIP 73720

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73742 (Hennessey, OK) and ZIP 73720 (Bison, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73742 has a population of 3,824 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 73720 has 265 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 73742 reports a median household income of $70,538 against $97,188 in ZIP 73720, with per-capita income of $33,806 vs $43,444. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.3% in 73742 and 12.3% in 73720. Poverty rate reads 17.3% vs 1.4%, and unemployment 2.6% 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 $171,800 in 73742 versus $185,700 in 73720, with median rent of $847 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.4% vs 100.0%. 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.