ZIP 74735 vs ZIP 74761

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74735 (Fort Towson, OK) and ZIP 74761 (Swink, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74735 has a population of 1,549 at 4 people per square mile, while ZIP 74761 has 70 at 18 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 74735 reports a median household income of $57,986 against — in ZIP 74761, with per-capita income of $26,007 vs $16,531. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.6% in 74735 and 0.0% in 74761. Poverty rate reads 18.9% vs 18.1%, and unemployment 8.8% vs 13.8% — 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 $156,500 in 74735 versus $90,000 in 74761, with median rent of $871 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.3% vs 92.9%. 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.