ZIP 74724 vs ZIP 74722

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74724 (Bethel, OK) and ZIP 74722 (Battiest, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74724 has a population of 377 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 74722 has 286 at 7 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 74724 reports a median household income of $44,583 against $57,083 in ZIP 74722, with per-capita income of $30,025 vs $28,927. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.3% in 74724 and 11.8% in 74722. Poverty rate reads 18.2% vs 18.4%, and unemployment 6.8% vs 8.3% — 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 $118,300 in 74724 versus — in 74722, with median rent of — and $569 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.2% vs 75.4%. 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.