ZIP 44640 vs ZIP 44201

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44640 (Limaville, OH) and ZIP 44201 (Atwater, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44640 has a population of 151 at 248 people per square mile, while ZIP 44201 has 6,917 at 49 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 44640 reports a median household income of $83,603 against $79,459 in ZIP 44201, with per-capita income of $45,925 vs $34,981. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 48.3% in 44640 and 15.8% in 44201. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 5.7%, and unemployment 38.6% vs 6.4% — 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 $114,900 in 44640 versus $222,400 in 44201, with median rent of — and $1,017 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 87.6%. 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.