ZIP 74030 vs ZIP 74068

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74030 (Drumright, OK) and ZIP 74068 (Shamrock, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74030 has a population of 3,864 at 22 people per square mile, while ZIP 74068 has 111 at 56 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 74030 reports a median household income of $45,357 against $27,750 in ZIP 74068, with per-capita income of $27,156 vs $25,274. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.8% in 74030 and 14.9% in 74068. Poverty rate reads 23.0% vs 26.6%, and unemployment 2.9% 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 $92,200 in 74030 versus — in 74068, with median rent of $500 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.1% vs 78.7%. 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.