ZIP 45356 vs ZIP 45318

This side-by-side compares ZIP 45356 (Piqua, OH) and ZIP 45318 (Covington, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 45356 has a population of 25,172 at 128 people per square mile, while ZIP 45318 has 5,365 at 46 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 45356 reports a median household income of $69,188 against $73,867 in ZIP 45318, with per-capita income of $33,105 vs $35,128. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.7% in 45356 and 13.0% in 45318. Poverty rate reads 15.1% vs 3.6%, and unemployment 3.7% vs 4.6% — 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 $156,400 in 45356 versus $199,400 in 45318, with median rent of $921 and $838 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 70.6% vs 75.6%. 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.