ZIP 44515 vs ZIP 44440

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44515 (Youngstown, OH) and ZIP 44440 (Mineral Ridge, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44515 has a population of 27,766 at 559 people per square mile, while ZIP 44440 has 4,967 at 230 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 44515 reports a median household income of $53,252 against $64,904 in ZIP 44440, with per-capita income of $35,321 vs $34,692. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.8% in 44515 and 19.7% in 44440. Poverty rate reads 17.6% vs 7.1%, and unemployment 5.1% vs 3.0% — 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 $151,400 in 44515 versus $167,800 in 44440, with median rent of $792 and $819 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 66.2% vs 77.6%. 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.