ZIP 44201 vs ZIP 44272

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44201 (Atwater, OH) and ZIP 44272 (Rootstown, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44201 has a population of 6,917 at 49 people per square mile, while ZIP 44272 has 5,208 at 90 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 44201 reports a median household income of $79,459 against $83,173 in ZIP 44272, with per-capita income of $34,981 vs $41,852. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.8% in 44201 and 29.9% in 44272. Poverty rate reads 5.7% vs 5.0%, and unemployment 6.4% vs 3.6% — 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 $222,400 in 44201 versus $261,300 in 44272, with median rent of $1,017 and $1,079 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.6% vs 75.7%. 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.