ZIP 26676 vs ZIP 26202

This side-by-side compares ZIP 26676 (Leivasy, WV) and ZIP 26202 (Fenwick, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 26676 has a population of 435 at 6 people per square mile, while ZIP 26202 has 641 at 18 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 26676 reports a median household income of $21,100 against $75,801 in ZIP 26202, with per-capita income of $23,841 vs $35,195. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.5% in 26676 and 16.4% in 26202. Poverty rate reads 19.8% vs 0.0%, and unemployment — vs 7.2% — 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 $111,000 in 26676 versus $103,800 in 26202, with median rent of — and — per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 100.0%. 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.