ZIP 44402 vs ZIP 44450

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44402 (Bristolville, OH) and ZIP 44450 (North Bloomfield, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44402 has a population of 3,352 at 36 people per square mile, while ZIP 44450 has 2,042 at 17 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 44402 reports a median household income of $75,539 against $51,723 in ZIP 44450, with per-capita income of $33,886 vs $22,277. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.3% in 44402 and 10.6% in 44450. Poverty rate reads 8.5% vs 30.8%, and unemployment 3.5% vs 5.6% — 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 $177,000 in 44402 versus $177,200 in 44450, with median rent of $645 and $809 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.7% vs 81.8%. 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.