ZIP 24920 vs ZIP 26264

This side-by-side compares ZIP 24920 (Bartow, WV) and ZIP 26264 (Durbin, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 24920 has a population of 346 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 26264 has 642 at 2 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 24920 reports a median household income of — against $57,868 in ZIP 26264, with per-capita income of $16,160 vs $31,933. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.2% in 24920 and 5.3% in 26264. Poverty rate reads 28.1% vs 11.5%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 5.4% — 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 $80,400 in 24920 versus $158,500 in 26264, with median rent of — and $818 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.3% vs 83.4%. 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.