ZIP 25701 vs ZIP 25705

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25701 (Huntington, WV) and ZIP 25705 (Huntington, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25701 has a population of 23,284 at 253 people per square mile, while ZIP 25705 has 20,711 at 668 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 25701 reports a median household income of $56,292 against $61,329 in ZIP 25705, with per-capita income of $40,992 vs $37,997. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 39.9% in 25701 and 38.9% in 25705. Poverty rate reads 22.1% vs 17.0%, and unemployment 6.0% vs 4.5% — 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 $164,300 in 25701 versus $165,300 in 25705, with median rent of $881 and $972 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 58.8% vs 63.0%. 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.