ZIP 43004 vs ZIP 43054

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43004 (Blacklick, OH) and ZIP 43054 (New Albany, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43004 has a population of 22,727 at 678 people per square mile, while ZIP 43054 has 20,566 at 396 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 43004 reports a median household income of $101,175 against $148,100 in ZIP 43054, with per-capita income of $50,258 vs $88,042. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 44.8% in 43004 and 65.1% in 43054. Poverty rate reads 6.5% vs 1.8%, and unemployment 1.9% vs 1.6% — 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 $335,400 in 43004 versus $510,600 in 43054, with median rent of $1,464 and $1,844 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.4% vs 67.7%. 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.