ZIP 44849 vs ZIP 44882

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44849 (Nevada, OH) and ZIP 44882 (Sycamore, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44849 has a population of 2,260 at 18 people per square mile, while ZIP 44882 has 2,909 at 15 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 44849 reports a median household income of $69,902 against $73,529 in ZIP 44882, with per-capita income of $36,267 vs $41,885. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.2% in 44849 and 15.1% in 44882. Poverty rate reads 8.9% vs 5.3%, and unemployment 1.5% vs 4.6% — 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 $145,700 in 44849 versus $164,000 in 44882, with median rent of $816 and $915 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.9% vs 82.6%. 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.