ZIP 45153 vs ZIP 45156

This side-by-side compares ZIP 45153 (Moscow, OH) and ZIP 45156 (Neville, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 45153 has a population of 1,665 at 23 people per square mile, while ZIP 45156 has 98 at 60 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 45153 reports a median household income of $57,176 against $63,542 in ZIP 45156, with per-capita income of $31,893 vs $25,083. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.4% in 45153 and 8.1% in 45156. Poverty rate reads 24.3% vs 40.4%, and unemployment 13.6% vs 11.1% — 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 $226,100 in 45153 versus $76,700 in 45156, with median rent of $1,294 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 82.3% vs 80.0%. 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.