ZIP 25276 vs ZIP 25270

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25276 (Spencer, WV) and ZIP 25270 (Reedy, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25276 has a population of 7,752 at 18 people per square mile, while ZIP 25270 has 972 at 9 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 25276 reports a median household income of $44,805 against $44,129 in ZIP 25270, with per-capita income of $28,528 vs $21,656. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.4% in 25276 and 16.3% in 25270. Poverty rate reads 23.1% vs 9.7%, and unemployment 10.1% vs 1.1% — 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 $110,300 in 25276 versus $200,800 in 25270, with median rent of $734 and $577 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.2% vs 83.3%. 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.