ZIP 45816 vs ZIP 45881

This side-by-side compares ZIP 45816 (Benton Ridge, OH) and ZIP 45881 (Rawson, OH) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 45816 has a population of 291 at 422 people per square mile, while ZIP 45881 has 1,461 at 19 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 45816 reports a median household income of $76,719 against $73,775 in ZIP 45881, with per-capita income of $34,053 vs $40,925. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.5% in 45816 and 10.4% in 45881. Poverty rate reads 6.0% vs 7.8%, and unemployment 1.3% vs 3.8% — 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 $125,700 in 45816 versus $154,600 in 45881, with median rent of $625 and $1,341 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 84.8% vs 87.1%. 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.