ZIP 25106 vs ZIP 25515

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25106 (Henderson, WV) and ZIP 25515 (Gallipolis Ferry, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25106 has a population of 642 at 15 people per square mile, while ZIP 25515 has 2,335 at 20 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 25106 reports a median household income of — against $46,904 in ZIP 25515, with per-capita income of $18,572 vs $23,154. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 4.7% in 25106 and 12.5% in 25515. Poverty rate reads 39.0% vs 22.9%, and unemployment 9.3% vs 11.1% — 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 25106 versus $152,300 in 25515, with median rent of $797 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 74.1% vs 87.5%. 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.