ZIP 26343 vs ZIP 26376

This side-by-side compares ZIP 26343 (Crawford, WV) and ZIP 26376 (Ireland, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 26343 has a population of 445 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 26376 has 463 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 26343 reports a median household income of $45,560 against $34,811 in ZIP 26376, with per-capita income of $39,180 vs $25,436. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 7.8% in 26343 and 15.8% in 26376. Poverty rate reads 17.7% vs 17.0%, and unemployment 3.6% vs 5.6% — 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 $133,000 in 26343 versus $271,400 in 26376, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 83.5%. 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.