ZIP 43519 vs ZIP 43557

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43519 (Evansport, OH) and ZIP 43557 (Stryker, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43519 has a population of 184 at 55 people per square mile, while ZIP 43557 has 3,393 at 30 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 43519 reports a median household income of $78,114 against $84,950 in ZIP 43557, with per-capita income of $30,449 vs $30,367. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.7% in 43519 and 15.7% in 43557. Poverty rate reads 3.5% vs 3.5%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 1.4% — 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 $114,700 in 43519 versus $158,900 in 43557, with median rent of — and $965 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.3% vs 87.4%. 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.