ZIP 26422 vs ZIP 26301

This side-by-side compares ZIP 26422 (Reynoldsville, WV) and ZIP 26301 (Clarksburg, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both, no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 26422 has a population of 606 at 75 people per square mile, while ZIP 26301 has 30,435 at 158 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 26422 reports a median household income of - against $49,816 in ZIP 26301, with per-capita income of $46,533 vs $29,157. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 14.5% in 26422 and 23.5% in 26301. Poverty rate reads 0.0% vs 20.3%, and unemployment 24.2% vs 5.7% - 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 $113,300 in 26422 versus $133,300 in 26301, with median rent of - and $791 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 86.0% vs 65.7%. 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.