ZIP 43766 vs ZIP 43782

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43766 (New Straitsville, OH) and ZIP 43782 (Shawnee, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43766 has a population of 1,648 at 17 people per square mile, while ZIP 43782 has 849 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 43766 reports a median household income of $65,625 against $54,844 in ZIP 43782, with per-capita income of $29,610 vs $27,638. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 6.6% in 43766 and 9.9% in 43782. Poverty rate reads 11.4% vs 17.3%, and unemployment 7.9% vs 11.8% — 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 $108,800 in 43766 versus $77,800 in 43782, with median rent of $558 and $665 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.5% vs 87.1%. 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.