ZIP 74003 vs ZIP 74051

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74003 (Bartlesville, OK) and ZIP 74051 (Ochelata, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74003 has a population of 14,249 at 45 people per square mile, while ZIP 74051 has 1,904 at 22 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 74003 reports a median household income of $47,168 against $67,841 in ZIP 74051, with per-capita income of $27,917 vs $31,260. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.0% in 74003 and 18.3% in 74051. Poverty rate reads 23.6% vs 5.2%, and unemployment 6.8% vs 1.4% — 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 $113,500 in 74003 versus $178,300 in 74051, with median rent of $896 and $861 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 58.7% vs 80.7%. 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.