ZIP 73772 vs ZIP 73040

This side-by-side compares ZIP 73772 (Watonga, OK) and ZIP 73040 (Geary, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 73772 has a population of 6,119 at 10 people per square mile, while ZIP 73040 has 1,976 at 3 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 73772 reports a median household income of $58,591 against $61,328 in ZIP 73040, with per-capita income of $28,184 vs $31,516. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.0% in 73772 and 17.2% in 73040. Poverty rate reads 17.2% vs 23.0%, and unemployment 10.8% vs 9.2% — 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 $116,900 in 73772 versus $117,000 in 73040, with median rent of $798 and $969 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.8% vs 73.9%. 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.