ZIP 25124 vs ZIP 25245

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25124 (Liberty, WV) and ZIP 25245 (Given, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25124 has a population of 1,214 at 16 people per square mile, while ZIP 25245 has 739 at 10 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 25124 reports a median household income of $50,597 against $82,232 in ZIP 25245, with per-capita income of $33,574 vs $44,483. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 7.2% in 25124 and 9.1% in 25245. Poverty rate reads 9.8% vs 5.0%, and unemployment 2.0% vs 18.6% — 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 $179,200 in 25124 versus $165,600 in 25245, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 100.0%. 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.