ZIP 44262 vs ZIP 44224

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44262 (Munroe Falls, OH) and ZIP 44224 (Stow, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44262 has a population of 5,016 at 841 people per square mile, while ZIP 44224 has 38,742 at 751 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 44262 reports a median household income of $81,214 against $94,287 in ZIP 44224, with per-capita income of $40,579 vs $47,290. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 38.7% in 44262 and 47.9% in 44224. Poverty rate reads 7.3% vs 8.0%, and unemployment 3.7% 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 $250,800 in 44262 versus $254,500 in 44224, with median rent of — and $1,183 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.2% vs 69.1%. 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.