ZIP 45156 vs ZIP 41043

This side-by-side compares ZIP 45156 (Neville, OH) and ZIP 41043 (Foster, KY) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 45156 has a population of 98 at 60 people per square mile, while ZIP 41043 has 1,745 at 14 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 45156 reports a median household income of $63,542 against $87,695 in ZIP 41043, with per-capita income of $25,083 vs $38,260. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 8.1% in 45156 and 15.9% in 41043. Poverty rate reads 40.4% vs 13.7%, and unemployment 11.1% vs 0.0% — 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 $76,700 in 45156 versus $211,800 in 41043, with median rent of — and $843 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.0% vs 92.7%. 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.