ZIP 43821 vs ZIP 43842

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43821 (Dresden, OH) and ZIP 43842 (Trinway, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43821 has a population of 4,327 at 20 people per square mile, while ZIP 43842 has 355 at 334 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 43821 reports a median household income of $65,427 against $73,328 in ZIP 43842, with per-capita income of $35,831 vs $31,654. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.6% in 43821 and 39.0% in 43842. Poverty rate reads 8.1% vs 24.1%, and unemployment 2.8% 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 $179,400 in 43821 versus $127,700 in 43842, with median rent of $926 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.6% 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.