ZIP 25639 vs ZIP 25624

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25639 (Peach Creek, WV) and ZIP 25624 (Henlawson, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25639 has a population of 608 at 34 people per square mile, while ZIP 25624 has 480 at 164 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 25639 reports a median household income of $24,902 against $14,339 in ZIP 25624, with per-capita income of $17,189 vs $10,832. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.7% in 25639 and 18.5% in 25624. Poverty rate reads 32.0% vs 69.8%, and unemployment 33.3% vs 0.0% - 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 $42,400 in 25639 versus $110,900 in 25624, with median rent of - and - per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.5% vs 90.6%. 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.