ZIP 43738 vs ZIP 43735

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43738 (Fultonham, OH) and ZIP 43735 (East Fultonham, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43738 has a population of 164 at 449 people per square mile, while ZIP 43735 has 499 at 129 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 43738 reports a median household income of $83,750 against — in ZIP 43735, with per-capita income of $33,406 vs $19,450. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 0.0% in 43738 and 24.3% in 43735. Poverty rate reads 7.5% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 1.5% 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 $125,000 in 43738 versus $97,300 in 43735, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 52.8%. 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.