ZIP 44470 vs ZIP 44491

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44470 (Southington, OH) and ZIP 44491 (West Farmington, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44470 has a population of 3,790 at 55 people per square mile, while ZIP 44491 has 3,515 at 46 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 44470 reports a median household income of $63,882 against $67,589 in ZIP 44491, with per-capita income of $33,100 vs $27,491. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.7% in 44470 and 15.1% in 44491. Poverty rate reads 13.9% vs 16.8%, and unemployment 0.3% vs 2.1% — 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 $192,700 in 44470 versus $239,900 in 44491, with median rent of $558 and $736 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.3% vs 86.1%. 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.