ZIP 25143 vs ZIP 25313

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25143 (Nitro, WV) and ZIP 25313 (Charleston, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25143 has a population of 8,579 at 378 people per square mile, while ZIP 25313 has 13,436 at 249 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 25143 reports a median household income of $53,205 against $64,385 in ZIP 25313, with per-capita income of $34,472 vs $38,168. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.2% in 25143 and 32.1% in 25313. Poverty rate reads 19.0% vs 7.8%, and unemployment 4.9% vs 3.4% — 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 $128,600 in 25143 versus $156,100 in 25313, with median rent of $907 and $997 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.4% vs 71.4%. 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.