ZIP 74423 vs ZIP 74403

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74423 (Braggs, OK) and ZIP 74403 (Muskogee, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74423 has a population of 872 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 74403 has 30,709 at 104 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 74423 reports a median household income of $47,596 against $56,689 in ZIP 74403, with per-capita income of $22,203 vs $28,761. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.6% in 74423 and 20.7% in 74403. Poverty rate reads 25.8% vs 17.8%, and unemployment 1.8% vs 5.4% — 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 $101,300 in 74423 versus $157,900 in 74403, with median rent of $967 and $890 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 78.8% vs 63.3%. 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.