ZIP 74008 vs ZIP 74011

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74008 (Bixby, OK) and ZIP 74011 (Broken Arrow, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74008 has a population of 22,461 at 110 people per square mile, while ZIP 74011 has 25,448 at 415 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 74008 reports a median household income of $104,000 against $99,157 in ZIP 74011, with per-capita income of $48,317 vs $47,802. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 46.4% in 74008 and 41.7% in 74011. Poverty rate reads 5.7% vs 7.3%, and unemployment 3.6% vs 3.6% — 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 $337,000 in 74008 versus $269,000 in 74011, with median rent of $1,365 and $1,338 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.2% vs 78.6%. 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.