ZIP 74522 vs ZIP 74554

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74522 (Alderson, OK) and ZIP 74554 (Krebs, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74522 has a population of 344 at 162 people per square mile, while ZIP 74554 has 1,744 at 142 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 74522 reports a median household income of $68,519 against $40,938 in ZIP 74554, with per-capita income of $39,753 vs $25,180. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.5% in 74522 and 12.7% in 74554. Poverty rate reads 19.5% vs 21.9%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 3.7% — 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 $204,100 in 74522 versus $99,100 in 74554, with median rent of — and $849 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 96.3% vs 55.4%. 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.