ZIP 44454 vs ZIP 44442

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44454 (Petersburg, OH) and ZIP 44442 (New Middletown, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44454 has a population of 1,153 at 54 people per square mile, while ZIP 44442 has 4,006 at 177 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 44454 reports a median household income of $74,857 against $61,528 in ZIP 44442, with per-capita income of $43,337 vs $34,187. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 39.7% in 44454 and 31.0% in 44442. Poverty rate reads 12.2% vs 5.5%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 2.6% — 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 $204,300 in 44454 versus $195,800 in 44442, with median rent of — and $840 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.8% vs 83.9%. 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.