ZIP 44883 vs ZIP 44830

This side-by-side compares ZIP 44883 (Tiffin, OH) and ZIP 44830 (Fostoria, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 44883 has a population of 29,413 at 68 people per square mile, while ZIP 44830 has 18,962 at 62 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 44883 reports a median household income of $62,692 against $62,990 in ZIP 44830, with per-capita income of $34,862 vs $29,761. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 26.4% in 44883 and 12.2% in 44830. Poverty rate reads 12.0% vs 13.5%, and unemployment 3.0% vs 5.3% — 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 $163,600 in 44883 versus $121,700 in 44830, with median rent of $883 and $809 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 69.3% vs 74.2%. 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.