ZIP 44445 vs ZIP 44413

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44445 (New Waterford, OH) and ZIP 44413 (East Palestine, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44445 has a population of 3,449 at 80 people per square mile, while ZIP 44413 has 7,261 at 118 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 44445 reports a median household income of $85,188 against $50,999 in ZIP 44413, with per-capita income of $30,788 vs $31,575. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.0% in 44445 and 11.8% in 44413. Poverty rate reads 14.9% vs 11.8%, and unemployment 2.3% vs 1.0% — 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 $226,400 in 44445 versus $122,600 in 44413, with median rent of $593 and $834 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 81.7% vs 75.8%. 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.