ZIP 43938 vs ZIP 43913

This side-by-side compares ZIP 43938 (Mingo Junction, OH) and ZIP 43913 (Brilliant, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 43938 has a population of 5,794 at 70 people per square mile, while ZIP 43913 has 1,490 at 226 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 43938 reports a median household income of $55,446 against $43,914 in ZIP 43913, with per-capita income of $29,125 vs $24,826. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.6% in 43938 and 12.4% in 43913. Poverty rate reads 23.3% vs 16.2%, and unemployment 6.2% vs 4.3% — 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 $101,300 in 43938 versus $82,500 in 43913, with median rent of $942 and $536 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.6% vs 56.1%. 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.