ZIP 74731 vs ZIP 74753

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74731 (Cartwright, OK) and ZIP 74753 (Platter, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74731 has a population of 1,747 at 52 people per square mile, while ZIP 74753 has 52 at 285 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 74731 reports a median household income of $54,286 against — in ZIP 74753, with per-capita income of $21,839 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.6% in 74731 and — in 74753. Poverty rate reads 31.4% vs —, and unemployment 0.0% vs — — 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 $158,000 in 74731 versus — in 74753, with median rent of $1,050 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.4% vs —. 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.