ZIP 43551 vs ZIP 43402

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43551 (Perrysburg, OH) and ZIP 43402 (Bowling Green, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43551 has a population of 37,002 at 181 people per square mile, while ZIP 43402 has 31,327 at 108 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 43551 reports a median household income of $95,846 against $52,426 in ZIP 43402, with per-capita income of $58,634 vs $35,295. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 49.1% in 43551 and 42.8% in 43402. Poverty rate reads 5.9% vs 24.0%, and unemployment 4.0% vs 5.1% — 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 $311,100 in 43551 versus $243,100 in 43402, with median rent of $1,199 and $897 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 65.1% vs 43.5%. 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.