ZIP 25309 vs ZIP 25064

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25309 (South Charleston, WV) and ZIP 25064 (Dunbar, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25309 has a population of 13,356 at 146 people per square mile, while ZIP 25064 has 9,962 at 561 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 25309 reports a median household income of $57,937 against $57,263 in ZIP 25064, with per-capita income of $36,613 vs $32,530. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 27.5% in 25309 and 29.6% in 25064. Poverty rate reads 16.0% vs 18.1%, and unemployment 8.2% vs 4.0% — 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 $158,000 in 25309 versus $119,900 in 25064, with median rent of $773 and $919 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 71.2% vs 63.3%. 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.