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Crab Orchard, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Crab Orchard, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,488. 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 CRAB-ORCHARD-WV · Crab Orchard, WV 1 ZIPs · 2,488 pop · #23753/25278 · Raleigh County

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

  • INC-LOW $41,198
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23753/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Lester
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,488
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $125,600

Nearest income peer: Lester, WV ( $3,025 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 Crab Orchard

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

median HH income

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

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Crab Orchard, 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
2,488
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$41,198
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 ($41,198 average) · poverty 32.2%. The primary code (25827) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.0%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Crab Orchard as a pure owner town.

Within West Virginia, Colcord is the closest lower-income city and Pullman the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Crab Orchard.

Population concentration

Crab Orchard's single ZIP 25827 carries the town

Crab Orchard is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 25827 is the entire residential footprint (2,488 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 Crab Orchard's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 51 establishments, 561 employees , annual payroll $23,731k (~20 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 25827 (51 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (9) · also Health care and social assistance · Finance and insurance .

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ZIP Codes in Crab Orchard, WV

These ZIP codes sit in Raleigh County, which covers 39 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Crab Orchard. See the Raleigh County roll-up →

Crab Orchard lands mid-pack among the 10 cities sharing Raleigh County: Beckley, Beaver and Shady Spring earn more and Mount Hope, Sophia and Lester earn less. Shady Spring marks the far end of that range at $79,323, 93% above Crab Orchard.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
25827 2,488 $41,198 51 151
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Crab Orchard 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 Crab Orchard, .