ZIP 43516 vs ZIP 43524

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43516 (Deshler, OH) and ZIP 43524 (Hamler, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43516 has a population of 2,951 at 16 people per square mile, while ZIP 43524 has 1,236 at 16 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 43516 reports a median household income of $89,000 against $60,882 in ZIP 43524, with per-capita income of $42,334 vs $35,362. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.1% in 43516 and 8.6% in 43524. Poverty rate reads 8.9% vs 17.3%, and unemployment 3.6% 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 $150,900 in 43516 versus $165,800 in 43524, with median rent of $795 and $882 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.0% vs 83.9%. 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.