ZIP 43026 vs ZIP 43002

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43026 (Hilliard, OH) and ZIP 43002 (Amlin, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43026 has a population of 54,017 at 595 people per square mile, while ZIP 43002 has 2,262 at 872 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 43026 reports a median household income of $111,440 against $102,153 in ZIP 43002, with per-capita income of $51,328 vs $65,484. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 54.6% in 43026 and 57.0% in 43002. Poverty rate reads 8.7% vs 3.6%, and unemployment 3.9% vs 0.0% — 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 $347,900 in 43026 versus $340,800 in 43002, with median rent of $1,480 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.3% vs 80.9%. 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.