ZIP 26250 vs ZIP 26275

This side-by-side compares ZIP 26250 (Belington, WV) and ZIP 26275 (Junior, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 26250 has a population of 5,570 at 25 people per square mile, while ZIP 26275 has 744 at 70 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 26250 reports a median household income of $47,682 against — in ZIP 26275, with per-capita income of $23,087 vs $18,544. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 8.6% in 26250 and 1.0% in 26275. Poverty rate reads 24.1% vs 27.7%, and unemployment 7.6% vs 10.0% — 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 $112,000 in 26250 versus $67,900 in 26275, with median rent of $831 and $627 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 75.8% vs 73.4%. 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.