ZIP 25064 vs ZIP 25112

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25064 (Dunbar, WV) and ZIP 25112 (Institute, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25064 has a population of 9,962 at 561 people per square mile, while ZIP 25112 has 166 at 1,950 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 25064 reports a median household income of $57,263 against — in ZIP 25112, with per-capita income of $32,530 vs $4,495. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 29.6% in 25064 and 50.0% in 25112. Poverty rate reads 18.1% vs —, and unemployment 4.0% vs 0.0% — 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 $119,900 in 25064 versus — in 25112, with median rent of $919 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 63.3% 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.