ZIP 25252 vs ZIP 25275

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25252 (Le Roy, WV) and ZIP 25275 (Sandyville, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25252 has a population of 1,071 at 7 people per square mile, while ZIP 25275 has 2,287 at 14 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 25252 reports a median household income of $44,763 against $64,632 in ZIP 25275, with per-capita income of $30,136 vs $31,162. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.2% in 25252 and 19.0% in 25275. Poverty rate reads 11.1% vs 11.0%, and unemployment 0.0% vs 6.0% — 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 $176,400 in 25252 versus $164,600 in 25275, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.1% vs 86.7%. 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.