ZIP 43202 vs ZIP 43210

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43202 (Columbus, OH) and ZIP 43210 (Columbus, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43202 has a population of 20,251 at 3,118 people per square mile, while ZIP 43210 has 9,432 at 2,336 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 43202 reports a median household income of $69,524 against $34,423 in ZIP 43210, with per-capita income of $42,372 vs $4,565. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 58.7% in 43202 and 79.4% in 43210. Poverty rate reads 21.5% vs 14.3%, and unemployment 4.8% vs 13.5% — 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 $341,400 in 43202 versus — in 43210, with median rent of $1,183 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 30.3% vs 0.0%. 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.