ZIP 74045 vs ZIP 74085

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74045 (Maramec, OK) and ZIP 74085 (Yale, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74045 has a population of 311 at 3 people per square mile, while ZIP 74085 has 2,588 at 11 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 74045 reports a median household income of — against $43,600 in ZIP 74085, with per-capita income of $37,921 vs $25,576. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.1% in 74045 and 10.9% in 74085. Poverty rate reads 27.8% vs 18.5%, and unemployment 2.5% vs 3.7% — 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 $231,300 in 74045 versus $200,400 in 74085, with median rent of — and $775 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.4% vs 72.4%. 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.