ZIP 43155 vs ZIP 43149

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43155 (Sugar Grove, OH) and ZIP 43149 (Rockbridge, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43155 has a population of 2,543 at 32 people per square mile, while ZIP 43149 has 2,552 at 18 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 43155 reports a median household income of $90,337 against $57,500 in ZIP 43149, with per-capita income of $43,868 vs $38,111. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.2% in 43155 and 21.5% in 43149. Poverty rate reads 15.4% vs 13.6%, and unemployment 7.8% vs 6.8% — 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 $242,200 in 43155 versus $257,600 in 43149, with median rent of $680 and $1,046 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.1% vs 86.0%. 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.