ZIP 43524 vs ZIP 43535

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43524 (Hamler, OH) and ZIP 43535 (Malinta, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43524 has a population of 1,236 at 16 people per square mile, while ZIP 43535 has 757 at 12 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 43524 reports a median household income of $60,882 against $67,083 in ZIP 43535, with per-capita income of $35,362 vs $33,338. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 8.6% in 43524 and 21.2% in 43535. Poverty rate reads 17.3% vs 5.9%, and unemployment 4.1% vs 12.9% — 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 $165,800 in 43524 versus $172,100 in 43535, with median rent of $882 and $1,296 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.9% vs 81.5%. 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.