ZIP 24938 vs ZIP 24957

This side-by-side compares ZIP 24938 (Frankford, WV) and ZIP 24957 (Maxwelton, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 24938 has a population of 1,518 at 21 people per square mile, while ZIP 24957 has 346 at 35 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 24938 reports a median household income of $77,946 against — in ZIP 24957, with per-capita income of $44,242 vs $43,510. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 15.9% in 24938 and 39.3% in 24957. Poverty rate reads 7.5% vs 9.1%, and unemployment 7.5% vs 11.5% — 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 $174,700 in 24938 versus $250,000 in 24957, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 90.1% vs 91.4%. 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.