ZIP 43540 vs ZIP 43504

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43540 (Metamora, OH) and ZIP 43504 (Berkey, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43540 has a population of 1,501 at 31 people per square mile, while ZIP 43504 has 1,094 at 28 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 43540 reports a median household income of $119,583 against $91,731 in ZIP 43504, with per-capita income of $48,300 vs $44,048. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.2% in 43540 and 32.7% in 43504. Poverty rate reads 7.0% vs 0.8%, and unemployment 4.8% vs 9.3% — 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 $259,300 in 43540 versus $260,300 in 43504, with median rent of $1,017 and $591 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.1% vs 84.4%. 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.