ZIP 74006 vs ZIP 74003

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74006 (Bartlesville, OK) and ZIP 74003 (Bartlesville, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74006 has a population of 25,750 at 112 people per square mile, while ZIP 74003 has 14,249 at 45 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 74006 reports a median household income of $71,796 against $47,168 in ZIP 74003, with per-capita income of $39,490 vs $27,917. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 39.1% in 74006 and 22.0% in 74003. Poverty rate reads 12.5% vs 23.6%, and unemployment 3.0% vs 6.8% — 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 $200,100 in 74006 versus $113,500 in 74003, with median rent of $939 and $896 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.8% vs 58.7%. 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.