ZIP 25918 vs ZIP 25813

This side-by-side compares ZIP 25918 (Shady Spring, WV) and ZIP 25813 (Beaver, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 25918 has a population of 4,430 at 25 people per square mile, while ZIP 25813 has 8,063 at 52 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 25918 reports a median household income of $79,323 against $54,364 in ZIP 25813, with per-capita income of $34,558 vs $23,396. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.3% in 25918 and 16.5% in 25813. Poverty rate reads 13.5% vs 8.0%, and unemployment 5.7% vs 4.7% — 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 $181,600 in 25918 versus $148,800 in 25813, with median rent of $906 and $1,121 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 91.4% vs 87.0%. 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.