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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

Buckhannon's single ZIP 26201 carries the town

Buckhannon is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 26201 is the entire residential footprint (19,701 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

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, .