ZIP 43780 vs ZIP 43722

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43780 (Senecaville, OH) and ZIP 43722 (Buffalo, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43780 has a population of 2,106 at 23 people per square mile, while ZIP 43722 has 420 at 217 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 43780 reports a median household income of $66,080 against — in ZIP 43722, with per-capita income of $30,007 vs $21,964. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.2% in 43780 and 0.0% in 43722. Poverty rate reads 8.1% vs 14.9%, and unemployment 5.7% 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 $181,300 in 43780 versus $141,700 in 43722, with median rent of $1,003 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.8% vs 83.5%. 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.