ZIP 24635 vs ZIP 24738

This side-by-side compares ZIP 24635 (Pocahontas, VA) and ZIP 24738 (Nemours, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 24635 has a population of 1,650 at 109 people per square mile, while ZIP 24738 has 308 at 94 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 24635 reports a median household income of $49,231 against — in ZIP 24738, with per-capita income of $11,102 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 3.6% in 24635 and — in 24738. Poverty rate reads 15.5% vs —, and unemployment 5.8% vs — — 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 $52,300 in 24635 versus — in 24738, with median rent of $917 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.7% vs —. 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.