ZIP 44030 vs ZIP 44048

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44030 (Conneaut, OH) and ZIP 44048 (Kingsville, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44030 has a population of 16,652 at 108 people per square mile, while ZIP 44048 has 2,565 at 33 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 44030 reports a median household income of $63,533 against $78,690 in ZIP 44048, with per-capita income of $29,022 vs $36,780. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.1% in 44030 and 16.7% in 44048. Poverty rate reads 15.5% vs 12.4%, and unemployment 11.2% vs 2.2% — 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 $145,800 in 44030 versus $175,000 in 44048, with median rent of $774 and $929 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.1% vs 90.1%. 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.