ZIP 43515 vs ZIP 43558

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43515 (Delta, OH) and ZIP 43558 (Swanton, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43515 has a population of 7,979 at 38 people per square mile, while ZIP 43558 has 13,579 at 63 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 43515 reports a median household income of $69,536 against $74,173 in ZIP 43558, with per-capita income of $38,040 vs $39,077. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.6% in 43515 and 18.6% in 43558. Poverty rate reads 9.9% vs 8.1%, and unemployment 2.1% vs 6.4% — 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 $193,700 in 43515 versus $206,300 in 43558, with median rent of $942 and $945 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.0% vs 86.4%. 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.