ZIP 74935 vs ZIP 74966

This side-by-side compares ZIP 74935 (Fanshawe, OK) and ZIP 74966 (Wister, OK) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 74935 has a population of 174 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 74966 has 3,719 at 6 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 74935 reports a median household income of $38,750 against $56,331 in ZIP 74966, with per-capita income of $21,496 vs $31,241. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.1% in 74935 and 18.8% in 74966. Poverty rate reads 36.2% vs 15.1%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 3.9% — 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 $118,800 in 74935 versus $140,300 in 74966, with median rent of $813 and $815 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.4% vs 83.1%. 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.