ZIP 45350 vs ZIP 45348

This side-by-side compares ZIP 45350 (North Star, OH) and ZIP 45348 (New Weston, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 45350 has a population of 106 at 216 people per square mile, while ZIP 45348 has 994 at 13 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 45350 reports a median household income of $102,500 against $120,170 in ZIP 45348, with per-capita income of $35,342 vs $42,183. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 39.5% in 45350 and 11.8% in 45348. Poverty rate reads 4.3% vs 18.4%, and unemployment 2.5% vs 2.3% — 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 $170,800 in 45350 versus $248,400 in 45348, with median rent of — and $1,086 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 88.5% vs 83.2%. 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.