ZIP 44275 vs ZIP 44235

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44275 (Spencer, OH) and ZIP 44235 (Homerville, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44275 has a population of 3,521 at 35 people per square mile, while ZIP 44235 has 1,825 at 28 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 44275 reports a median household income of $93,785 against $76,634 in ZIP 44235, with per-capita income of $41,502 vs $34,996. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.0% in 44275 and 40.4% in 44235. Poverty rate reads 4.2% vs 1.4%, and unemployment 0.7% vs 1.7% — 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 $252,400 in 44275 versus $279,100 in 44235, with median rent of $1,172 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.5% vs 86.2%. 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.