ZIP 74883 vs ZIP 74850

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74883 (Wetumka, OK) and ZIP 74850 (Lamar, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74883 has a population of 2,526 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 74850 has 283 at 2 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 74883 reports a median household income of $41,696 against $55,750 in ZIP 74850, with per-capita income of $20,886 vs $26,271. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.9% in 74883 and 12.9% in 74850. Poverty rate reads 24.0% vs 25.1%, and unemployment 5.5% vs 12.9% — 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 $92,000 in 74883 versus $131,900 in 74850, with median rent of $574 and $800 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.0% vs 89.5%. 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.