ZIP 74701 vs ZIP 74730

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74701 (Durant, OK) and ZIP 74730 (Calera, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74701 has a population of 22,365 at 49 people per square mile, while ZIP 74730 has 4,259 at 26 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 74701 reports a median household income of $58,036 against $68,177 in ZIP 74730, with per-capita income of $28,836 vs $31,534. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.6% in 74701 and 23.8% in 74730. Poverty rate reads 16.1% vs 14.1%, and unemployment 4.7% vs 4.4% — 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 $206,600 in 74701 versus $170,100 in 74730, with median rent of $962 and $1,050 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 56.7% vs 63.4%. 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.