Creston, WV
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Creston, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 364. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet CRESTON-WV · Creston, WV 1 ZIPs · 364 pop · #23394/25278 · Calhoun County
INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-LOW $43,500
- RANK-BOTTOM #23394/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Grantsville
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 76% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 364
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $75,000
Nearest income peer: Grantsville, WV ( $418 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 Creston
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Creston on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Big Springs · lowest
Big Springs · lowest
$26,098 median HH income
- Rosedale · near
Rosedale · near
$40,938 median HH income
- Big Bend · near
Big Bend · near
$42,788 median HH income
- Arnoldsburg · near
Arnoldsburg · near
$42,813 median HH income
- Grantsville · near
Grantsville · near
$43,082 median HH income
- Creston · this city
Creston · this city
$43,500 median HH income
- Chloe · highest
Chloe · highest
$52,070 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Creston, 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.
- 7th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 364
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $43,500
- 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 ($43,500 average) · poverty 4.8%. The primary code (26141) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Creston as a pure owner town.
Within West Virginia, Crum is the closest lower-income city and Ansted the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Creston.
Population concentration
Creston's single ZIP 26141 carries the town
Creston is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 26141 is the entire residential footprint (364 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
Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Creston
Citywide ZBP: 5 establishments, 7 employees , annual payroll $283k (~14 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 26141 (5 units) .
ZIP Codes in Creston, WV
These ZIP codes sit in Calhoun County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Creston. See the Calhoun County roll-up →
Creston lands mid-pack among the 8 cities sharing Calhoun County: Chloe and Orma earn more and Big Springs, Mount Zion and Rosedale earn less. Big Springs marks the far end of that range at $26,098, 40% below Creston.
| ZIP Code | Population | Median income | Establishments | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26141 | 364 | $43,500 | 5 | 4 |
Creston 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 Creston, .