ZIP 44214 vs ZIP 44217

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44214 (Burbank, OH) and ZIP 44217 (Creston, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44214 has a population of 2,076 at 29 people per square mile, while ZIP 44217 has 4,142 at 55 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 44214 reports a median household income of $84,861 against $73,603 in ZIP 44217, with per-capita income of $34,007 vs $36,919. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.3% in 44214 and 22.0% in 44217. Poverty rate reads 12.9% vs 5.6%, and unemployment 3.6% vs 2.7% — 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 $237,800 in 44214 versus $199,200 in 44217, with median rent of $994 and $928 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.3% vs 88.9%. 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.