ZIP 25535 vs ZIP 25701

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25535 (Lavalette, WV) and ZIP 25701 (Huntington, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25535 has a population of 2,783 at 60 people per square mile, while ZIP 25701 has 23,284 at 253 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 25535 reports a median household income of $72,446 against $56,292 in ZIP 25701, with per-capita income of $40,758 vs $40,992. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 30.1% in 25535 and 39.9% in 25701. Poverty rate reads 14.7% vs 22.1%, and unemployment 10.7% vs 6.0% — 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 $216,700 in 25535 versus $164,300 in 25701, with median rent of — and $881 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 85.4% vs 58.8%. 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.