ZIP 45619 vs ZIP 25703

This side-by-side compares ZIP 45619 (Chesapeake, OH) and ZIP 25703 (Huntington, WV) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 45619 has a population of 8,200 at 90 people per square mile, while ZIP 25703 has 6,751 at 2,188 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 45619 reports a median household income of $58,453 against $24,139 in ZIP 25703, with per-capita income of $34,873 vs $14,880. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 23.9% in 45619 and 29.1% in 25703. Poverty rate reads 13.2% vs 47.7%, and unemployment 1.2% vs 4.4% — 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 $145,300 in 45619 versus $71,200 in 25703, with median rent of $881 and $883 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 76.6% vs 16.6%. 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.