ZIP 26264 vs ZIP 24920

This side-by-side compares ZIP 26264 (Durbin, WV) and ZIP 24920 (Bartow, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 26264 has a population of 642 at 2 people per square mile, while ZIP 24920 has 346 at 2 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 26264 reports a median household income of $57,868 against — in ZIP 24920, with per-capita income of $31,933 vs $16,160. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 5.3% in 26264 and 21.2% in 24920. Poverty rate reads 11.5% vs 28.1%, and unemployment 5.4% 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 $158,500 in 26264 versus $80,400 in 24920, with median rent of $818 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 83.4% vs 79.3%. 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.