ZIP 45348 vs ZIP 45310

This side-by-side compares ZIP 45348 (New Weston, OH) and ZIP 45310 (Burkettsville, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 45348 has a population of 994 at 13 people per square mile, while ZIP 45310 has 244 at 542 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 45348 reports a median household income of $120,170 against $77,917 in ZIP 45310, with per-capita income of $42,183 vs $40,100. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.8% in 45348 and 14.3% in 45310. Poverty rate reads 18.4% vs 0.4%, and unemployment 2.3% 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 $248,400 in 45348 versus $207,000 in 45310, with median rent of $1,086 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.2% vs 95.7%. 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.