ZIP 25411 vs ZIP 21750

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25411 (Berkeley Springs, WV) and ZIP 21750 (Hancock, MD) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25411 has a population of 12,633 at 35 people per square mile, while ZIP 21750 has 3,766 at 24 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 25411 reports a median household income of $71,349 against $60,625 in ZIP 21750, with per-capita income of $37,250 vs $40,063. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 20.3% in 25411 and 11.9% in 21750. Poverty rate reads 11.1% vs 17.9%, and unemployment 3.4% vs 2.1% — 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 $241,000 in 25411 versus $232,500 in 21750, with median rent of $802 and $983 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 80.5% vs 73.9%. 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.