ZIP 44202 vs ZIP 44241

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44202 (Aurora, OH) and ZIP 44241 (Streetsboro, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44202 has a population of 19,561 at 249 people per square mile, while ZIP 44241 has 16,428 at 295 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 44202 reports a median household income of $118,750 against $88,517 in ZIP 44241, with per-capita income of $63,159 vs $42,478. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 59.6% in 44202 and 28.3% in 44241. Poverty rate reads 4.5% vs 5.9%, and unemployment 4.0% vs 4.9% — 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 $375,300 in 44202 versus $210,100 in 44241, with median rent of $1,787 and $1,332 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.2% vs 67.2%. 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.