ZIP 25547 vs ZIP 25639

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25547 (Pecks Mill, WV) and ZIP 25639 (Peach Creek, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25547 has a population of 969 at 49 people per square mile, while ZIP 25639 has 608 at 34 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 25547 reports a median household income of - against $24,902 in ZIP 25639, with per-capita income of $37,620 vs $17,189. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.7% in 25547 and 23.7% in 25639. Poverty rate reads 16.6% vs 32.0%, and unemployment 15.4% vs 33.3% - 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 $115,000 in 25547 versus $42,400 in 25639, with median rent of - and - per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 52.4% vs 83.5%. 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.