ZIP 25523 vs ZIP 25571

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25523 (Hamlin, WV) and ZIP 25571 (West Hamlin, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25523 has a population of 2,647 at 24 people per square mile, while ZIP 25571 has 2,206 at 36 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 25523 reports a median household income of $66,563 against $49,201 in ZIP 25571, with per-capita income of $28,571 vs $24,799. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.2% in 25523 and 7.7% in 25571. Poverty rate reads 16.1% vs 21.9%, and unemployment 2.3% 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 $86,600 in 25523 versus $116,300 in 25571, with median rent of $688 and $768 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.7% vs 59.8%. 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.