ZIP 43008 vs ZIP 43025

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43008 (Buckeye Lake, OH) and ZIP 43025 (Hebron, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43008 has a population of 2,479 at 642 people per square mile, while ZIP 43025 has 5,306 at 59 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 43008 reports a median household income of $88,558 against $87,381 in ZIP 43025, with per-capita income of $43,909 vs $42,059. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.9% in 43008 and 19.9% in 43025. Poverty rate reads 15.2% vs 7.0%, and unemployment 1.2% vs 3.6% — 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 $164,200 in 43008 versus $287,700 in 43025, with median rent of $860 and $860 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.4% vs 75.1%. 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.