ZIP 74456 vs ZIP 74447

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74456 (Preston, OK) and ZIP 74447 (Okmulgee, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74456 has a population of 247 at 78 people per square mile, while ZIP 74447 has 17,275 at 29 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 74456 reports a median household income of $95,000 against $48,432 in ZIP 74447, with per-capita income of $33,295 vs $27,509. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.0% in 74456 and 17.7% in 74447. Poverty rate reads 3.8% vs 17.4%, and unemployment 9.7% vs 7.6% — 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 $87,000 in 74456 versus $113,600 in 74447, with median rent of — and $839 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.3% vs 61.2%. 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.