ZIP 74085 vs ZIP 74045

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