ZIP 43739 vs ZIP 43721

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43739 (Glenford, OH) and ZIP 43721 (Brownsville, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43739 has a population of 2,025 at 25 people per square mile, while ZIP 43721 has 149 at 151 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 43739 reports a median household income of $99,120 against — in ZIP 43721, with per-capita income of $38,995 vs $24,009. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.3% in 43739 and 0.0% in 43721. Poverty rate reads 3.5% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 0.8% vs 100.0% — 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 $288,900 in 43739 versus — in 43721, with median rent of $1,114 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.1% vs 100.0%. 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.