ZIP 45369 vs ZIP 43010

This side-by-side compares ZIP 45369 (South Vienna, OH) and ZIP 43010 (Catawba, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 45369 has a population of 3,545 at 31 people per square mile, while ZIP 43010 has 272 at 455 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 45369 reports a median household income of $88,578 against $68,500 in ZIP 43010, with per-capita income of $38,336 vs $42,727. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.6% in 45369 and 17.4% in 43010. Poverty rate reads 3.4% vs 7.5%, and unemployment 2.5% vs 1.4% — 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 $221,100 in 45369 versus $136,900 in 43010, with median rent of $916 and $1,650 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.7% vs 88.5%. 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.