43701 — Zanesville, Ohio

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 43701. Its median home value runs 44% above Zanesville as a whole, which is why this ZIP carries a profile of its own.

53out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 33% of 3,113 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 12 sources
Opportunity1,944th of 3,116 ZIP areas measured48
Schools2,246th of 3,047 ZIP areas measured32
GrowthTop 40% of 3,124 ZIP areas measured56
Housing affordabilityTop 21% of 3,112 ZIP areas measured77
Climate2,115th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured64
Physical resilience1,914th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured48
Access2,593rd of 3,127 ZIP areas measured75
Economic stability2,625th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured31
The quick read

Unemployment is 3.9% and median household income $57,565, putting employment conditions in the middle range of ZIP areas measured. The unemployment rate is published for Zanesville, OH, which contains 43701, rather than for 43701 alone.

In the public schools here, 53% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 18.4 students for every teacher.

Residential permitting has slowed: 118 units authorized over the past twelve months, 21% below the prior year. The permit count and 1 other measure here are published for Zanesville, OH, which contains 43701, rather than for 43701 alone.

These sentences are written by fixed rules from the measurements below — a statement appears because a number crossed a stated threshold, and the values behind it are stored with it. No figure anywhere on this site is invented, estimated or inferred to fill a gap. How this works.

At a glance

Population
56,402
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$57,565
Bottom 26% nationally
Density
312/sq mi
180.5 sq mi of land
Median age
40.1
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Zanesville
Ohio
Micro area
Nearest major airport
CMH
48 mi · John Glenn Columbus Intl
Median home value
$178,400
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Zanesville, OH, which contains 43701, is 3.9%, lower than in 67% of the 3,127 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment across Zanesville, OH, which contains 43701, fell 0.7% over the past year, to 10,130 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsMuskingum County, OH’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$49,6029th percentileof 2,996filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftMuskingum County, OH’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$48,2316th percentileof 2,996filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$2,5492024 ACS 5-Year$57,565Bottom 26%of 31,0492024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$1,9702024 ACS 5-Year$31,862Bottom 33%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year16.3%Bottom 26%of 32,8462024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±1.2 min2024 ACS 5-Year25.5 minTop 37%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year19.1%Bottom 38%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year82.8%76th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentZanesville, OH’s figureJuly 202610,130Bottom 2%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Zanesville, OH’s figureJuly 2026−0.2%Bottom 49%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Zanesville, OH’s figureJuly 2026−0.7%Bottom 49%of 3,127July 2026
Labor forceZanesville, OH’s figureJuly 202610,5412nd percentileof 3,127July 2026
Labor force participation ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year74.4%Bottom 36%of 32,8832024 ACS 5-Year
Public transit to work ±0.2%2024 ACS 5-Year0.2%66th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Zanesville, OH’s figureJuly 2026−1.8%Top 1%of 3,127July 2026
Unemployment rateZanesville, OH’s figureJuly 20263.9%Top 33%of 3,127July 2026
Worked from home ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year6.2%31st percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

202120222023202458k49k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $57,565 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Zanesville, OH, the city containing this ZIP code.

53% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 57% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 18.4 students for every full-time teacher across 15 public schools, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
16
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
18.4
across 15 of them
Math proficiency
52.5%
Bottom 35% in Ohio
Reading proficiency
56.6%
Bottom 33% in Ohio
The 12 largest of 16 public schools, by enrollment.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Zane Grey Elementary SchoolZanesville City91516.942%43%
Maysville Elementary SchoolMaysville Local73719.477%72%
Zanesville CampusMid-East Career and Technology Centers72914.6——
West Muskingum Elementary SchoolWest Muskingum Local69120.967%62%
Zanesville High SchoolZanesville City68918.635%55%
John McIntire Elementary SchoolZanesville City60417.368%60%
West Muskingum Middle SchoolWest Muskingum Local51419.861%72%
Maysville High SchoolMaysville Local46818.752%77%
Zanesville Middle SchoolZanesville City46618.633%42%
Maysville Middle SchoolMaysville Local45719.057%59%
West Muskingum High SchoolWest Muskingum Local43121.637%67%
National RoadZanesville City38722.872%47%

47.9% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Ohio’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the non-metropolitan parts of Ohio is up 50% over five years, and up 6.2% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $1,627 a year in real estate taxes, about 0.91% of the median home value.

HUD’s Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom, set near the 40th percentile of recent new leases, is $973, some 18% above the $826 tenants already here pay.

At HUD’s Fair Market Rent of $973 a month for a two-bedroom, keeping rent to 30% of income takes a household income of about $38,900 a year, about 68% of the median household income here of $57,565.

The typical renter household here spends 28% of its income on rent, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $826 a month.

A median home at $178,400 costs 2.4 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $74,493, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
28.0%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.4×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Market rent, two bedroom
$973
what a new lease costs · FY2026
Median gross rent
$826
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$178,400
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against 43701’s median household income of $57,565, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price change (1 year)the non-metropolitan parts of Ohio’s figure2026 Q2+6.2%92nd percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the non-metropolitan parts of Ohio’s figure2026 Q2+50.3%77th percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the non-metropolitan parts of Ohio’s figure2026 Q2+100.5%57th percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.22024 ACS 5-Year2.4Top 38%of 29,2752024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year63.4%19th percentileof 32,7502024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±4982024 ACS 5-Year25,85499th percentileof 33,4602024 ACS 5-Year
Market rent, one bedroomFY2026$820Top 10%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, three bedroomFY2026$1,324Top 11%of 3,031FY2026
Market rent, two bedroomFY2026$973Top 6%of 3,031FY2026
Median gross rent ±$392024 ACS 5-Year$826Top 27%of 26,3962024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$8,7662024 ACS 5-Year$178,40038th percentileof 30,8122024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$872024 ACS 5-Year$1,62740th percentileof 28,9352024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$3,7642024 ACS 5-Year$74,493Bottom 37%of 29,8022024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.07%2024 ACS 5-Year0.91%50th percentileof 24,0992024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year28.0%Top 48%of 26,2472024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±922024 ACS 5-Year9574th percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year0.4%38th percentileof 32,9612024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year10.5%69th percentileof 32,7882024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±4652024 ACS 5-Year2,81298th percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures.

Development Momentum

56/ 100
Top 40% of 3,124 published ZIP profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

71% of the 118 units permitted over the past twelve months are in buildings of five or more homes, so new supply is concentrated in apartments and condominiums rather than detached houses. The multifamily share is published for Zanesville, OH, which contains 43701, rather than for 43701 alone.

At 4.8 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas. The permit rate is published for Zanesville, OH, which contains 43701, rather than for 43701 alone.

Units permitted
118
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
4.8
Top 34% nationally
Year over year
−21%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
71.2%
units in 5+ unit buildings

People moving in and out

Net migration
+0.2%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
21%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$49,602
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$48,231
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Licking County, OH 470 people · 17% of arrivals
  2. Franklin County, OH 355 people · 12% of arrivals
  3. Perry County, OH 301 people · 11% of arrivals
  4. Guernsey County, OH 230 people · 8.1% of arrivals
  5. Coshocton County, OH 148 people · 5.2% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Licking County, OH 359 people · 13% of departures
  2. Guernsey County, OH 339 people · 12% of departures
  3. Franklin County, OH 304 people · 11% of departures
  4. Perry County, OH 241 people · 8.8% of departures
  5. Coshocton County, OH 171 people · 6.3% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Muskingum County, OH. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Zanesville, OH, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 85°F and January a low of 22°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 38.6 inches.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station ZANESVILLE MUNI AP, 5.6 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND4.3"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals38.6"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals22°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals85°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals51991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals44°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

48 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, tornado and hail, with inland flooding alone responsible for 80% of it.

Inland floodingElevated
HailModerate
DroughtModerate
Winter weatherModerate
TornadoModerate
Cold waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: landslide, ice storm, lightning, heat wave, strong wind, earthquake, hurricane, wildfire, coastal flooding, tsunami, volcanic activity, avalanche.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Homicide
3.1
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured
Firearm deaths, all intents
15.1
per 100,000 residents
Drug overdose
12.7
per 100,000 residents
Suicide
19.7
per 100,000 residents

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around 43701 (Muskingum County) rather than 43701 itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. A ZIP area is not a jurisdiction, so no department reports for one. Zanesville carries the figure where its department reported a full year. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Cost of living
Price parities are published for metropolitan areas, and this place lies outside one.
Air quality
The EPA publishes an air-quality index only where a monitor sits. There is none in this county, and a modeled value would be a different kind of number from the measured ones everywhere else on this page.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. Cost of living is published where the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures it, though not for this place. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

5 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest John Glenn Columbus Intl at 48 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year89.7%Top 48%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle48 miBottom 15%of 3,127NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle5Top 44%of 3,127NASR current cycle
No internet access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year8.2%Bottom 48%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
John Glenn Columbus IntlCMH48 mi10,114 ft
Rickenbacker IntlLCK50 mi11,902 ft
Mansfield Lahm RgnlMFD65 mi9,001 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research
Fair Market Rents
FY2026
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.

43701 vs Zanesville

How this ZIP area compares with Zanesville as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like — a gap here is a real difference between the two places, not two surveys disagreeing.

43701
Zanesville
Median household income: 43701 is the more favorable of the two.
Median household income
$57,565
vs
$43,280
Per capita income: 43701 is the more favorable of the two.
Per capita income
$31,862
vs
$29,056
Population density
312/sq mi
vs
2,102/sq mi
Median home value
$178,400
vs
$123,700
Median gross rent: Zanesville is the more favorable of the two.
Median gross rent
$826
vs
$821
Homeownership rate
63.4%
vs
43.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 43701 is the more favorable of the two.
Bachelor's degree or higher
19.1%
vs
15.1%
Poverty rate: 43701 is the more favorable of the two.
Poverty rate
16.3%
vs
23.3%
Median age
40.1
vs
36.9

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.