ZIP 25607 vs ZIP 25606

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25607 (Amherstdale, WV) and ZIP 25606 (Accoville, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25607 has a population of 1,140 at 45 people per square mile, while ZIP 25606 has 964 at 53 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 25607 reports a median household income of $26,857 against $63,056 in ZIP 25606, with per-capita income of $21,508 vs $23,555. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 4.0% in 25607 and 4.9% in 25606. Poverty rate reads 27.8% vs 26.9%, and unemployment 27.5% vs 6.6% — 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 $71,300 in 25607 versus — in 25606, with median rent of — and $1,326 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 62.1% vs 71.0%. 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.