ZIP 45372 vs ZIP 45504

This side-by-side compares ZIP 45372 (Tremont City, OH) and ZIP 45504 (Springfield, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 45372 has a population of 375 at 654 people per square mile, while ZIP 45504 has 18,465 at 307 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 45372 reports a median household income of $70,500 against $69,960 in ZIP 45504, with per-capita income of $39,806 vs $37,692. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.5% in 45372 and 27.1% in 45504. Poverty rate reads 14.7% vs 9.7%, and unemployment 2.1% vs 6.9% — 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 $158,300 in 45372 versus $180,600 in 45504, with median rent of $800 and $944 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.2% vs 74.0%. 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.