ZIP 44215 vs ZIP 44273

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44215 (Chippewa Lake, OH) and ZIP 44273 (Seville, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44215 has a population of 2,162 at 567 people per square mile, while ZIP 44273 has 6,718 at 67 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 44215 reports a median household income of $80,893 against $96,431 in ZIP 44273, with per-capita income of $37,260 vs $45,737. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.2% in 44215 and 26.7% in 44273. Poverty rate reads 10.2% vs 3.6%, and unemployment 3.9% vs 1.8% — 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 $222,900 in 44215 versus $275,400 in 44273, with median rent of $1,113 and $949 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 87.9% vs 91.6%. 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.