ZIP 44802 vs ZIP 44853

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44802 (Alvada, OH) and ZIP 44853 (New Riegel, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44802 has a population of 1,032 at 14 people per square mile, while ZIP 44853 has 1,397 at 20 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 44802 reports a median household income of $80,000 against $90,281 in ZIP 44853, with per-capita income of $35,799 vs $36,803. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.6% in 44802 and 15.2% in 44853. Poverty rate reads 6.4% vs 6.3%, and unemployment 1.8% 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 $197,100 in 44802 versus $156,100 in 44853, with median rent of $729 and $842 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 89.3% vs 88.1%. 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.