PlainZIP

Buckhannon, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Buckhannon, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 19,701. 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 BUCKHANNON-WV · Buckhannon, WV 1 ZIPs · 19,701 pop · #20417/25278 · Upshur County

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

  • INC-MID $53,832
  • RANK-BOTTOM #20417/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under French Creek
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 78% owners
  • POP-TOWN 19,701
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $174,100

Nearest income peer: French Creek, WV (+ $4,814 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 Buckhannon

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Buckhannon 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, Buckhannon, WV sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

19th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
19,701
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$53,832
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 ($53,832 average) · poverty 18.9%. The primary code (26201) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (78.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Buckhannon as a pure owner town.

Within West Virginia, Windsor Heights is the closest lower-income city and Fort Gay the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Buckhannon.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 26201, is all of Buckhannon

There is no split to weigh here: 26201 holds every one of Buckhannon's 19,701 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Buckhannon's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 474 establishments, 6,153 employees , annual payroll $306,756k (~24 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 26201 (474 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (84) · also Retail trade · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Buckhannon, WV

These ZIP codes sit in Upshur County, which covers 6 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Buckhannon. See the Upshur County roll-up →

Every one of the 3 cities sharing Upshur County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Buckhannon, French Creek, Rock Cave and Tallmansville among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Tallmansville marks the far end of that range at $81,313, 51% above Buckhannon.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
26201 19,701 $53,832 474 42
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Buckhannon 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 Buckhannon, .