ZIP 74070 vs ZIP 74056

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74070 (Skiatook, OK) and ZIP 74056 (Pawhuska, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74070 has a population of 13,928 at 29 people per square mile, while ZIP 74056 has 5,720 at 3 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 74070 reports a median household income of $67,926 against $47,311 in ZIP 74056, with per-capita income of $35,135 vs $25,714. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.7% in 74070 and 16.7% in 74056. Poverty rate reads 10.8% vs 16.1%, and unemployment 4.6% vs 3.2% — 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 $224,800 in 74070 versus $131,000 in 74056, with median rent of $957 and $559 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.3% vs 69.3%. 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.