ZIP 44452 vs ZIP 44512

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44452 (North Lima, OH) and ZIP 44512 (Youngstown, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44452 has a population of 3,167 at 92 people per square mile, while ZIP 44512 has 34,424 at 772 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 44452 reports a median household income of $61,602 against $63,317 in ZIP 44512, with per-capita income of $57,131 vs $37,971. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 33.3% in 44452 and 35.4% in 44512. Poverty rate reads 14.4% vs 14.6%, and unemployment 3.8% vs 4.7% — 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 $256,600 in 44452 versus $170,700 in 44512, with median rent of $732 and $807 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.6% vs 67.0%. 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.