ZIP 74540 vs ZIP 74560

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74540 (Daisy, OK) and ZIP 74560 (Pittsburg, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74540 has a population of 172 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 74560 has 635 at 1 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 74540 reports a median household income of $42,917 against $45,000 in ZIP 74560, with per-capita income of $23,069 vs $27,049. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.4% in 74540 and 7.5% in 74560. Poverty rate reads 28.3% vs 16.2%, and unemployment 9.1% vs 1.4% — 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 $129,200 in 74540 versus $125,000 in 74560, with median rent of — and $663 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.7% vs 83.9%. 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.