ZIP 25827 vs ZIP 25849

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25827 (Crab Orchard, WV) and ZIP 25849 (Glen White, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25827 has a population of 2,488 at 151 people per square mile, while ZIP 25849 has 266 at 203 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 25827 reports a median household income of $41,198 against — in ZIP 25849, with per-capita income of $23,349 vs —. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 12.9% in 25827 and 0.0% in 25849. Poverty rate reads 32.2% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 19.1% 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 $125,600 in 25827 versus — in 25849, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 77.0% vs 50.3%. 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.