ZIP 25507 vs ZIP 25530

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25507 (Ceredo, WV) and ZIP 25530 (Kenova, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25507 has a population of 987 at 564 people per square mile, while ZIP 25530 has 5,877 at 149 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 25507 reports a median household income of $49,245 against $70,508 in ZIP 25530, with per-capita income of $30,834 vs $37,789. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.8% in 25507 and 25.6% in 25530. Poverty rate reads 21.3% vs 7.7%, and unemployment 6.7% vs 1.3% — 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 $148,400 in 25507 versus $162,100 in 25530, with median rent of $758 and $807 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 65.3% vs 76.7%. 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.