ZIP 74728 vs ZIP 74745

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74728 (Broken Bow, OK) and ZIP 74745 (Idabel, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74728 has a population of 11,343 at 11 people per square mile, while ZIP 74745 has 9,912 at 23 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 74728 reports a median household income of $59,415 against $47,134 in ZIP 74745, with per-capita income of $28,694 vs $23,233. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.2% in 74728 and 18.5% in 74745. Poverty rate reads 21.8% vs 22.5%, and unemployment 2.2% vs 4.6% — 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 $168,000 in 74728 versus $145,400 in 74745, with median rent of $677 and $723 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.3% vs 64.1%. 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.