ZIP 26817 vs ZIP 22625

This side-by-side compares ZIP 26817 (Bloomery, WV) and ZIP 22625 (Cross Junction, VA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 26817 has a population of 443 at 9 people per square mile, while ZIP 22625 has 3,641 at 32 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 26817 reports a median household income of $68,750 against $95,515 in ZIP 22625, with per-capita income of $19,264 vs $49,903. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 0.0% in 26817 and 29.0% in 22625. Poverty rate reads 37.6% vs 6.0%, and unemployment 16.6% vs 1.0% — 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 $292,500 in 26817 versus $361,900 in 22625, with median rent of — and $1,951 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 100.0% vs 91.6%. 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.