ZIP 25854 vs ZIP 25938

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25854 (Hico, WV) and ZIP 25938 (Victor, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25854 has a population of 1,101 at 12 people per square mile, while ZIP 25938 has 1,287 at 15 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 25854 reports a median household income of $52,143 against $59,833 in ZIP 25938, with per-capita income of $34,148 vs $26,027. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 22.3% in 25854 and 12.1% in 25938. Poverty rate reads 10.4% vs 9.4%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 $163,900 in 25854 versus $99,300 in 25938, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 96.7% vs 79.1%. 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.