ZIP 25082 vs ZIP 25503

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25082 (Fraziers Bottom, WV) and ZIP 25503 (Ashton, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25082 has a population of 1,673 at 12 people per square mile, while ZIP 25503 has 729 at 18 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 25082 reports a median household income of $53,582 against — in ZIP 25503, with per-capita income of $26,903 vs $15,343. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 6.8% in 25082 and 19.4% in 25503. Poverty rate reads 1.5% vs 76.6%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 — in 25082 versus $69,300 in 25503, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 89.1%. 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.