ZIP 74072 vs ZIP 74042

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74072 (S Coffeyville, OK) and ZIP 74042 (Lenapah, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74072 has a population of 1,816 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 74042 has 540 at 4 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 74072 reports a median household income of $67,708 against $48,750 in ZIP 74042, with per-capita income of $32,534 vs $30,911. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.7% in 74072 and 8.3% in 74042. Poverty rate reads 12.0% vs 12.9%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 2.0% — 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 $164,500 in 74072 versus $84,200 in 74042, with median rent of $945 and $600 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.2% vs 67.2%. 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.