ZIP 43106 vs ZIP 43160

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43106 (Bloomingburg, OH) and ZIP 43160 (Washington Court House, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43106 has a population of 1,685 at 17 people per square mile, while ZIP 43160 has 22,305 at 40 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 43106 reports a median household income of $82,813 against $61,740 in ZIP 43160, with per-capita income of $33,740 vs $33,563. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 8.1% in 43106 and 15.2% in 43160. Poverty rate reads 9.4% vs 14.8%, and unemployment 4.6% vs 4.1% — 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 $140,200 in 43106 versus $170,200 in 43160, with median rent of $941 and $804 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 73.0% vs 62.6%. 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.