ZIP 43756 vs ZIP 43720

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43756 (Mcconnelsville, OH) and ZIP 43720 (Blue Rock, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43756 has a population of 5,320 at 14 people per square mile, while ZIP 43720 has 1,300 at 11 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 43756 reports a median household income of $63,365 against $52,500 in ZIP 43720, with per-capita income of $31,329 vs $28,567. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.6% in 43756 and 6.4% in 43720. Poverty rate reads 10.8% vs 27.4%, and unemployment 4.6% vs 8.1% — 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 $141,900 in 43756 versus $207,200 in 43720, with median rent of $766 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.5% vs 90.2%. 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.