ZIP 26339 vs ZIP 26348

This side-by-side compares ZIP 26339 (Center Point, WV) and ZIP 26348 (Folsom, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 26339 has a population of 255 at 5 people per square mile, while ZIP 26348 has 196 at 6 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 26339 reports a median household income of $80,208 against — in ZIP 26348, with per-capita income of $37,332 vs $28,855. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 19.7% in 26339 and 0.0% in 26348. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 0.0%, and unemployment 0.0% 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 $144,900 in 26339 versus $73,800 in 26348, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 95.5% vs 95.0%. 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.