ZIP 45359 vs ZIP 45339

This side-by-side compares ZIP 45359 (Pleasant Hill, OH) and ZIP 45339 (Ludlow Falls, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 45359 has a population of 1,970 at 51 people per square mile, while ZIP 45339 has 1,234 at 33 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 45359 reports a median household income of $77,083 against $97,750 in ZIP 45339, with per-capita income of $33,551 vs $47,974. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.9% in 45359 and 43.8% in 45339. Poverty rate reads 11.0% vs 1.0%, and unemployment 2.8% vs 1.7% — 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 $208,700 in 45359 versus $269,300 in 45339, with median rent of $739 and $630 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.1% vs 83.3%. 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.