ZIP 44815 vs ZIP 43407

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44815 (Bettsville, OH) and ZIP 43407 (Burgoon, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44815 has a population of 637 at 217 people per square mile, while ZIP 43407 has 639 at 17 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 44815 reports a median household income of $74,688 against $68,835 in ZIP 43407, with per-capita income of $39,846 vs $33,285. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.0% in 44815 and 8.6% in 43407. Poverty rate reads 11.6% vs 12.8%, and unemployment 9.5% vs 1.0% — 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 $112,800 in 44815 versus $216,700 in 43407, with median rent of $708 and $848 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.5% 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.