ZIP 26623 vs ZIP 25063

This side-by-side compares ZIP 26623 (Frametown, WV) and ZIP 25063 (Duck, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 26623 has a population of 1,189 at 8 people per square mile, while ZIP 25063 has 1,797 at 8 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 26623 reports a median household income of $60,761 against $61,731 in ZIP 25063, with per-capita income of $25,991 vs $39,164. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 16.4% in 26623 and 11.9% in 25063. Poverty rate reads 15.3% vs 15.7%, and unemployment 9.0% vs 12.8% — 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 $100,500 in 26623 versus $136,500 in 25063, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 85.2%. 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.