ZIP 44814 vs ZIP 44826

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44814 (Berlin Heights, OH) and ZIP 44826 (Collins, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44814 has a population of 2,929 at 43 people per square mile, while ZIP 44826 has 1,687 at 25 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 44814 reports a median household income of $68,702 against $70,076 in ZIP 44826, with per-capita income of $33,417 vs $38,982. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.8% in 44814 and 7.5% in 44826. Poverty rate reads 11.1% vs 3.7%, and unemployment 3.2% vs 0.0% — 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 $193,600 in 44814 versus $200,000 in 44826, with median rent of $894 and $1,265 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.8% vs 78.3%. 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.