ZIP 43609 vs ZIP 43460

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43609 (Toledo, OH) and ZIP 43460 (Rossford, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43609 has a population of 23,687 at 1,789 people per square mile, while ZIP 43460 has 6,289 at 876 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 43609 reports a median household income of $42,313 against $73,882 in ZIP 43460, with per-capita income of $22,116 vs $41,694. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.8% in 43609 and 30.7% in 43460. Poverty rate reads 28.7% vs 10.4%, and unemployment 11.9% vs 4.7% — 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 $65,500 in 43609 versus $174,000 in 43460, with median rent of $873 and $873 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 44.3% vs 65.9%. 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.