PlainZIP

Aurora, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Aurora, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,077. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet AURORA-WV · Aurora, WV 1 ZIPs · 1,077 pop · #23863/25278 · Preston County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $40,500
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23863/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Tunnelton
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 74% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,077
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $152,100

Nearest income peer: Tunnelton, WV (+ $3,504 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Aurora

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Aurora on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Aurora, WV sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

6th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,077
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$40,500
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($40,500 average) · poverty 11.2%. The primary code (26705) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (74.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Aurora as a pure owner town.

Within West Virginia, Ridgeview is the closest lower-income city and Mount Zion the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Aurora.

Population concentration

Aurora reads through its lone ZIP, 26705

1,077 ACS residents, one ZIP: 26705 is not the leading code inside Aurora, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Aurora

Citywide ZBP: 13 establishments, 67 employees , annual payroll $2,135k (~12 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 26705 (13 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (4) · also Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Aurora, WV

These ZIP codes sit in Preston County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Aurora. See the Preston County roll-up →

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Preston County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Aurora, Bruceton Mills, Kingwood and Terra Alta among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Bruceton Mills marks the far end of that range at $82,114, 103% above Aurora.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
26705 1,077 $40,500 13 7
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Aurora roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Aurora, .