ZIP 43713 vs ZIP 43719

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43713 (Barnesville, OH) and ZIP 43719 (Bethesda, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43713 has a population of 7,487 at 32 people per square mile, while ZIP 43719 has 2,601 at 27 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 43713 reports a median household income of $53,927 against $49,091 in ZIP 43719, with per-capita income of $28,028 vs $38,476. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.2% in 43713 and 26.2% in 43719. Poverty rate reads 20.8% vs 21.2%, and unemployment 6.2% vs 1.5% — 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 $187,900 in 43713 versus $168,600 in 43719, with median rent of $763 and $693 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.6% vs 75.1%. 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.