Fargo, OK · standard
ZIP Code 73840
Ellis County, Oklahoma - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 691
- 2/sq mi
- $71,932
- Median income
- $130,800
- Median home value
- 17.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Fargo pairs an above-median household income with among the most affordable home values nationally, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 50%
- household income, US ZIPs
- 20th pct
- home value, US ZIPs
- 2
- people per sq mi
- 83%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 73840 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 73840 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Fargo, Ellis County, Oklahoma, home to just 691 residents across 460.7 square miles, a density of 2 people per square mile, in the Chicago time zone.
ZIP 73840 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $71,932 (15% above the average Oklahoma ZIP), while per-capita income is $33,297. The poverty rate is 12.0%, with unemployment at 6.6%; those measures add context to the income figure. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $130,800 (16% below the average Oklahoma ZIP), and median rent is $640; owner occupancy is 82.6%.
Educational attainment sits below the national norm: 17.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 43.6, and the average commute is -. No nearby ZIP peer set is available for this delivery area, so the Oklahoma and national benchmarks above are the appropriate context for 73840.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 73840, Fargo, OK · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
691
Population
460.7
Area (sq mi)
2
People / sq mi
Chicago
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 73840?
43.6
Median Age
51.7%
Male
48.3%
Female
4.7%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$71,932
Median Household Income
+15% vs state ZIP avg
$33,297
Per Capita Income
12.0%
Poverty Rate
6.6%
Unemployment Rate
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
284housing units
284
Total Housing Units
219
Occupied Units
65
Vacant Units
2.32
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$130,800
Median Home Value
-16% vs state ZIP avg
$640
Median Rent
1973
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 15 business establishments in ZIP 73840, employing approximately 51 people with a combined annual payroll of $2,363,000.
15
Businesses
51
Employees
$2.4M
Annual Payroll
0
Industry Sectors
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP), 2023. Employment figures may include noise for disclosure avoidance.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 73840, both outside OK so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.