ZIP 74028 vs ZIP 74046

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74028 (Depew, OK) and ZIP 74046 (Milfay, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74028 has a population of 1,881 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 74046 has 115 at 52 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 74028 reports a median household income of $46,500 against — in ZIP 74046, with per-capita income of $29,336 vs $23,474. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.7% in 74028 and 17.4% in 74046. Poverty rate reads 16.1% vs 19.0%, and unemployment 2.5% 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 $179,100 in 74028 versus — in 74046, with median rent of $963 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.6% vs 87.0%. 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.