ZIP 44645 vs ZIP 44230

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44645 (Marshallville, OH) and ZIP 44230 (Doylestown, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44645 has a population of 2,465 at 38 people per square mile, while ZIP 44230 has 8,252 at 185 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 44645 reports a median household income of $84,756 against $79,526 in ZIP 44230, with per-capita income of $37,886 vs $43,028. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.3% in 44645 and 29.2% in 44230. Poverty rate reads 1.7% vs 4.9%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 3.3% — 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 $230,400 in 44645 versus $229,000 in 44230, with median rent of $1,108 and $894 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.5% vs 86.2%. 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.