ZIP 25702 vs ZIP 25705

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25702 (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 25702 has a population of 7,788 at 258 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 25702 reports a median household income of $40,708 against $61,329 in ZIP 25705, with per-capita income of $25,143 vs $37,997. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 21.4% in 25702 and 38.9% in 25705. Poverty rate reads 29.7% vs 17.0%, and unemployment 10.6% 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 $82,900 in 25702 versus $165,300 in 25705, with median rent of $950 and $972 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 55.0% 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.