ZIP 44022 vs ZIP 44040

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44022 (Chagrin Falls, OH) and ZIP 44040 (Gates Mills, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44022 has a population of 16,516 at 210 people per square mile, while ZIP 44040 has 3,020 at 122 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 44022 reports a median household income of $145,882 against $228,942 in ZIP 44040, with per-capita income of $94,888 vs $131,300. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 72.3% in 44022 and 62.8% in 44040. Poverty rate reads 5.6% vs 6.3%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 9.1% — 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 $482,600 in 44022 versus $587,700 in 44040, with median rent of $1,396 and $2,875 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.2% vs 96.9%. 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.