ZIP 25446 vs ZIP 25414

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25446 (Summit Point, WV) and ZIP 25414 (Charles Town, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25446 has a population of 1,463 at 37 people per square mile, while ZIP 25414 has 17,024 at 121 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 25446 reports a median household income of $119,853 against $105,500 in ZIP 25414, with per-capita income of $37,152 vs $48,563. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 13.7% in 25446 and 35.7% in 25414. Poverty rate reads 3.6% vs 6.7%, and unemployment 9.2% vs 3.4% - 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 $342,000 in 25446 versus $391,700 in 25414, with median rent of - and $1,061 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 92.7% vs 77.1%. 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.