ZIP 26037 vs ZIP 26035

This side-by-side compares ZIP 26037 (Follansbee, WV) and ZIP 26035 (Colliers, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 26037 has a population of 6,642 at 379 people per square mile, while ZIP 26035 has 2,491 at 53 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 26037 reports a median household income of $59,508 against $60,000 in ZIP 26035, with per-capita income of $42,057 vs $34,314. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.4% in 26037 and 10.1% in 26035. Poverty rate reads 9.9% vs 11.2%, and unemployment 5.7% vs 8.1% — 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 $136,600 in 26037 versus $158,800 in 26035, with median rent of $661 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 70.3% vs 92.0%. 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.