AreaProfile

25705Huntington, West Virginia

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 25705.

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Area Score
Bottom 18% of 5,298 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
schools3010th of 4,422 published ZIP areas37
Opportunity4021st of 6,210 published ZIP areas48
Growth3891st of 5,428 published ZIP areas37
Housing affordabilityTop 15% of 6,685 published ZIP areas98
ClimateTop 29% of 6,789 published ZIP areas75
Physical resilience5056th of 6,709 published ZIP areas31
Access4587th of 4,623 published ZIP areas12
Economic stability4892nd of 6,742 published ZIP areas46
The quick read

Housing is more affordable relative to local incomes than in most published city profiles, with rent taking 19% of median household income.

Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by inland flooding and drought.

The nearest major airport is 102 miles away, which is farther than most measured US ZIP areas.

At a glance

Population
20,922
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$61,329
Bottom 32% nationally
Density
1,807/sq mi
11.6 sq mi of land
Median age
37.3
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Huntington
West Virginia
Metro area
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
Nearest major airport
LCK
102 mi · Rickenbacker Intl
Median home value
$165,300
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 4.7% is lower than 42% of the 4,387 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 0.5% over the past year, to 20,046 employed residents.

39% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 78% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$3,365$61,329Bottom 32%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$3,271$37,997Top 45%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate17.0%Top 25%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute20.7 minBottom 15%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher38.9%Top 22%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment20,046Bottom 19%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-0.7%Bottom 38%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-0.5%Top 39%June 2026
Labor force21,039Bottom 19%June 2026
Labor force participation62.9%Top 41%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$56,110Bottom 7%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$44,600Bottom 6%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.4%Top 34%June 2026
Unemployment rate4.7%Top 40%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202461k51k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $61,329 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Registered Nurses5,580$81,010
Retail Salespersons4,290$28,220
Home Health and Personal Care Aides3,620$28,740
Cashiers3,510$27,080
General and Operations Managers3,310$77,350
Cooks, Fast Food3,070$22,610

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Huntington, WV, the city containing this ZIP code.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $972 takes 19% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 2.7 times median household income here, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
19.0%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.7×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$972
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$165,300
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income2.70Bottom 36%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate63.0%Bottom 19%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±46510,152Top 16%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$34$972Bottom 46%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$8,105$165,300Bottom 33%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income19.0%Top 41%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate8.4%Bottom 39%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
37/ 100
Ranks 3891 of 5,428 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

At 0.4 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
19
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
0.4
Bottom 14% nationally
Year over year
+111%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
31.6%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Huntington, WV, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

7 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 86°F and January a low of 26°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 45.1 inches, including 19.8 inches of snow.

20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station HUNTINGTON TRI STATE AP, 10.8 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND5.1"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation45.1"1991-2020 Normals
Annual snowfall19.8"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low26°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high86°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months71991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing42°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

31 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding and drought.

Inland floodingHigh
DroughtModerate

Low or minimal exposure: heat wave, ice storm, landslide, winter weather, strong wind, earthquake, lightning, wildfire, hail, hurricane, tornado, cold wave.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Taxes

AreaProfile does not yet publish tax comparisons. No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, methodology transparency and update cadence, and the product rule is to omit a dimension rather than estimate it. The Area Score is calculated without a tax component and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Nothing on AreaProfile is individualized tax advice.

Access

No airport meeting the AreaProfile major-airport definition lies within 100 miles; the nearest is 102 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Rickenbacker IntlLCK102 mi11,902 ft
Wilmington Air ParkILN104 mi10,701 ft
John Glenn Columbus IntlCMH113 mi10,114 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them

Profile recalculated August 29, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

25705 vs Huntington

How this ZIP area compares with Huntington as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

25705
Huntington
Median household income
$61,329
vs
$45,100
Per capita income
$37,997
vs
$32,226
Population density
1,807/sq mi
vs
2,823/sq mi
Median home value
$165,300
vs
$127,200
Median gross rent
$972
vs
$912
Homeownership rate
63.0%
vs
53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher
38.9%
vs
35.3%
Poverty rate
17.0%
vs
25.7%
Median age
37.3
vs
34.7

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.