ZIP 44401 vs ZIP 44429

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44401 (Berlin Center, OH) and ZIP 44429 (Lake Milton, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44401 has a population of 2,892 at 35 people per square mile, while ZIP 44429 has 2,576 at 153 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 44401 reports a median household income of $71,953 against $82,397 in ZIP 44429, with per-capita income of $41,212 vs $40,342. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.3% in 44401 and 19.7% in 44429. Poverty rate reads 11.4% vs 11.1%, and unemployment 1.3% vs 2.2% — 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 $237,300 in 44401 versus $171,600 in 44429, with median rent of $850 and $868 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.0% vs 81.0%. 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.