ZIP 97741 vs ZIP 97760

This side-by-side compares ZIP 97741 (Madras, OR) and ZIP 97760 (Terrebonne, OR) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 97741 has a population of 11,912 at 13 people per square mile, while ZIP 97760 has 6,757 at 27 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 97741 reports a median household income of $70,983 against $87,603 in ZIP 97760, with per-capita income of $30,242 vs $47,789. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.7% in 97741 and 28.0% in 97760. Poverty rate reads 14.3% vs 9.1%, and unemployment 7.7% vs 10.8% — 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 $334,800 in 97741 versus $486,700 in 97760, with median rent of $982 and $1,712 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 65.7% vs 90.6%. 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.