ZIP 43840 vs ZIP 44681

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43840 (Stone Creek, OH) and ZIP 44681 (Sugarcreek, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43840 has a population of 1,248 at 15 people per square mile, while ZIP 44681 has 7,799 at 51 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 43840 reports a median household income of $63,750 against $85,769 in ZIP 44681, with per-capita income of $25,852 vs $35,759. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 9.1% in 43840 and 12.1% in 44681. Poverty rate reads 5.3% vs 4.4%, and unemployment 1.0% vs 1.4% — 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 $154,200 in 43840 versus $316,600 in 44681, with median rent of $773 and $891 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.9% vs 80.2%. 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.