ZIP 45042 vs ZIP 45067

This side-by-side compares ZIP 45042 (Middletown, OH) and ZIP 45067 (Trenton, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 45042 has a population of 26,451 at 207 people per square mile, while ZIP 45067 has 13,898 at 270 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 45042 reports a median household income of $69,520 against $81,605 in ZIP 45067, with per-capita income of $39,573 vs $34,417. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.2% in 45042 and 19.2% in 45067. Poverty rate reads 11.0% vs 7.0%, and unemployment 2.9% vs 4.4% — 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 $202,200 in 45042 versus $236,700 in 45067, with median rent of $922 and $1,290 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 72.2% vs 79.7%. 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.