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Charleston, WV ZIP Codes

45 ZIP codes use the postal name Charleston, West Virginia (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 12 residential and 33 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $43,063 in 25387 to $94,556 in 25314, 2.2 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Charleston's most populous ZIP code is 25314, with 14,794 people (ACS 2020-2024); 21% of its land is in the city of Charleston.

  • ACS2020-24
  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Charleston's ZIP codes?

25301: $25k median household income25302: $55k median household income25304: $81k median household income25305: – median household income25306: $72k median household income25311: $63k median household income25312: $57k median household income25313: $64k median household income25314: $95k median household income25315: $55k median household income25320: $59k median household income25387: $43k median household income253122532025306253142531525311253132530225304253872530125301: $25k median household income25302: $55k median household income25304: $81k median household income25305: – median household income25306: $72k median household income25311: $63k median household income25312: $57k median household income25313: $64k median household income25314: $95k median household income25315: $55k median household income25320: $59k median household income25387: $43k median household income2531225320253062531425315253112531325302253042538725301: $25k median household income25302: $55k median household income25304: $81k median household income25305: – median household income25306: $72k median household income25311: $63k median household income25312: $57k median household income25313: $64k median household income25314: $95k median household income25315: $55k median household income25320: $59k median household income25387: $43k median household income2531225320253062531425315253112531325302
The 12 residential ZIP codes named Charleston, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Charleston's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 25314 ($94,556), the lowest in 25387 ($43,063). Home values run from $90,200 in 25315 to $265,900 in 25314.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 12 residential ZIP codes of Charleston

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Charleston, WV, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
25314 Kanawha County 14,794 452 $95k $266k
25302 Kanawha County 13,204 1,062 $55k $155k
25313 Kanawha County 11,760 583 $64k $156k
25312 Kanawha County 10,047 141 $57k $133k
25311 Kanawha County 9,825 383 $63k $137k
25304 Kanawha County 8,655 899 $81k $234k
25306 Kanawha County 6,040 163 $72k $110k
25387 Kanawha County 4,708 859 $43k $91k
25320 Kanawha County 4,595 76 $59k $165k
25315 Kanawha County 3,286 162 $55k $90k
25301 Kanawha County 2,498 1,863 $25k $197k
25305 Kanawha County no residents 0 – –

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Charleston

33 ZIP codes named Charleston have no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Charleston, WV: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
25317Kanawha County
25321Kanawha County
25322Kanawha County
25323Kanawha County
25324Kanawha County
25325Kanawha County
25326Kanawha County
25327Kanawha County
25328Kanawha County
25329Kanawha County
25330Kanawha County
25331Kanawha County
25332Kanawha County
25333Kanawha County
25334Kanawha County
25335Kanawha County
25336Kanawha County
25337Kanawha County
25338Kanawha County
25339Kanawha County
25350Kanawha County
25356Kanawha County
25357Kanawha County
25358Kanawha County
25360Kanawha County
25361Kanawha County
25362Kanawha County
25364Kanawha County
25365Kanawha County
25375Kanawha County
25389Kanawha County
25392Kanawha County
25396Kanawha County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Charleston's ZIP codes reach?

Charleston's residential ZIP codes lie in Kanawha County.

Which places do Charleston's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Charleston's residential ZIP codes cover Charleston itself and 8 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

  • Big Chimney census-designated 25302
  • Chesapeake 25315
  • Coal Fork census-designated 25306
  • Cross Lanes census-designated 25313
  • Malden census-designated 25306
  • Marmet 25315
  • Rand census-designated 25306
  • Sissonville census-designated 25320

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Charleston's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Charleston starts with 253.

Three-digit prefixes of Charleston's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Charleston's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
253 Charleston, WV (SCF 250) 45 47

45 of the 47 ZIP codes that start with 253 are Charleston's, all sorted at Charleston, WV (SCF 250). The other 2 are 25303 (South Charleston), 25309 (South Charleston).

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.