ZIP 25253 vs ZIP 25265

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25253 (Letart, WV) and ZIP 25265 (New Haven, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25253 has a population of 2,051 at 17 people per square mile, while ZIP 25265 has 1,564 at 359 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 25253 reports a median household income of $62,756 against $51,827 in ZIP 25265, with per-capita income of $26,540 vs $54,581. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.5% in 25253 and 14.5% in 25265. Poverty rate reads 22.6% vs 20.5%, and unemployment 2.1% vs 0.3% — 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 $117,400 in 25253 versus $107,700 in 25265, with median rent of — and $575 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.5% vs 80.0%. 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.