ZIP 44822 vs ZIP 44843

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44822 (Butler, OH) and ZIP 44843 (Lucas, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44822 has a population of 3,240 at 29 people per square mile, while ZIP 44843 has 2,387 at 34 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 44822 reports a median household income of $72,159 against $90,366 in ZIP 44843, with per-capita income of $28,145 vs $51,338. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 24.0% in 44822 and 21.0% in 44843. Poverty rate reads 7.7% vs 3.2%, and unemployment 4.6% vs 7.7% — 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 $245,700 in 44822 versus $208,700 in 44843, with median rent of $947 and $764 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.2% vs 84.8%. 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.