ZIP 44691 vs ZIP 44214

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44691 (Wooster, OH) and ZIP 44214 (Burbank, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44691 has a population of 43,753 at 108 people per square mile, while ZIP 44214 has 2,076 at 29 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 44691 reports a median household income of $69,920 against $84,861 in ZIP 44214, with per-capita income of $36,608 vs $34,007. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.8% in 44691 and 17.3% in 44214. Poverty rate reads 9.2% vs 12.9%, and unemployment 4.0% vs 3.6% — 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 $230,300 in 44691 versus $237,800 in 44214, with median rent of $911 and $994 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.6% vs 90.3%. 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.