ZIP 43760 vs ZIP 43740

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43760 (Mount Perry, OH) and ZIP 43740 (Gratiot, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43760 has a population of 1,831 at 20 people per square mile, while ZIP 43740 has 256 at 263 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 43760 reports a median household income of $79,783 against $66,806 in ZIP 43740, with per-capita income of $36,222 vs $31,347. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.3% in 43760 and 11.6% in 43740. Poverty rate reads 3.1% vs 8.0%, and unemployment 3.1% vs 11.0% — 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 $275,700 in 43760 versus $128,800 in 43740, with median rent of — and $744 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.1% vs 72.1%. 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.