ZIP 43457 vs ZIP 43406

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43457 (Risingsun, OH) and ZIP 43406 (Bradner, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43457 has a population of 1,456 at 30 people per square mile, while ZIP 43406 has 1,777 at 36 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 43457 reports a median household income of $54,583 against $71,597 in ZIP 43406, with per-capita income of $32,050 vs $36,557. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 8.5% in 43457 and 9.5% in 43406. Poverty rate reads 11.7% vs 9.8%, and unemployment 7.2% vs 3.7% — 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 $153,800 in 43457 versus $161,200 in 43406, with median rent of $853 and $666 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.2% vs 85.2%. 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.