ZIP 74046 vs ZIP 74028

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74046 (Milfay, OK) and ZIP 74028 (Depew, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74046 has a population of 115 at 52 people per square mile, while ZIP 74028 has 1,881 at 7 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 74046 reports a median household income of — against $46,500 in ZIP 74028, with per-capita income of $23,474 vs $29,336. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.4% in 74046 and 15.7% in 74028. Poverty rate reads 19.0% vs 16.1%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 2.5% — 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 — in 74046 versus $179,100 in 74028, with median rent of — and $963 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.0% vs 80.6%. 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.