ZIP 74523 vs ZIP 74536

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74523 (Antlers, OK) and ZIP 74536 (Clayton, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74523 has a population of 6,048 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 74536 has 1,760 at 2 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 74523 reports a median household income of $47,702 against $39,750 in ZIP 74536, with per-capita income of $25,733 vs $27,749. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.9% in 74523 and 12.6% in 74536. Poverty rate reads 20.3% vs 25.4%, and unemployment 5.4% vs 7.1% — 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 $130,100 in 74523 versus $118,100 in 74536, with median rent of $688 and $447 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.3% vs 68.2%. 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.