ZIP 43050 vs ZIP 43080

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43050 (Mount Vernon, OH) and ZIP 43080 (Utica, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43050 has a population of 29,050 at 72 people per square mile, while ZIP 43080 has 5,498 at 29 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 43050 reports a median household income of $64,108 against $87,301 in ZIP 43080, with per-capita income of $35,268 vs $46,590. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.1% in 43050 and 19.8% in 43080. Poverty rate reads 15.5% vs 7.0%, and unemployment 2.9% vs 3.2% — 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 $220,300 in 43050 versus $232,300 in 43080, with median rent of $967 and $789 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.5% vs 79.1%. 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.