ZIP 43545 vs ZIP 43555

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43545 (Napoleon, OH) and ZIP 43555 (Ridgeville Corners, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43545 has a population of 14,034 at 41 people per square mile, while ZIP 43555 has 200 at 188 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 43545 reports a median household income of $78,548 against $83,109 in ZIP 43555, with per-capita income of $42,538 vs $31,310. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.0% in 43545 and 6.4% in 43555. Poverty rate reads 8.8% vs 11.9%, and unemployment 3.5% vs 0.0% — 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 $170,900 in 43545 versus $167,900 in 43555, with median rent of $848 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.7% vs 50.5%. 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.