ZIP 26351 vs ZIP 25267

This side-by-side compares ZIP 26351 (Glenville, WV) and ZIP 25267 (Normantown, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 26351 has a population of 5,120 at 23 people per square mile, while ZIP 25267 has 758 at 4 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 26351 reports a median household income of $55,742 against — in ZIP 25267, with per-capita income of $19,366 vs $21,408. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 18.1% in 26351 and 18.0% in 25267. Poverty rate reads 17.6% vs 13.8%, and unemployment 9.2% 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 $106,500 in 26351 versus $36,300 in 25267, with median rent of $891 and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 67.8% vs 82.7%. 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.