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Elk Garden, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Elk Garden, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,170. 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 ELK-GARDEN-WV · Elk Garden, WV 1 ZIPs · 1,170 pop · #11223/25278 · Mineral County

INC-MID · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $74,712
  • RANK-MID #11223/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ridgeley
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 97% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,170
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $101,300

Nearest income peer: Ridgeley, WV ( $1,018 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 Elk Garden

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Elk Garden 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, Elk Garden, WV sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 44%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,170
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$74,712
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.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 26717 (1,170 residents). Household income $74,712 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (96.8%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within West Virginia, Bowden is the closest lower-income city and Belleville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Elk Garden.

Population concentration

Elk Garden's single ZIP 26717 carries the town

Elk Garden is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 26717 is the entire residential footprint (1,170 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 Elk Garden

Citywide ZBP: 7 establishments, 39 employees , annual payroll $947k (~6 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 26717 (7 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Elk Garden, WV

These ZIP codes sit in Mineral County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Elk Garden. See the Mineral County roll-up →

Elk Garden sits in the upper half of Mineral County on income: Keyser, Fort Ashby and New Creek report less, while Burlington and Wiley Ford report more. Piedmont marks the far end of that range at $42,500, 43% below Elk Garden.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
26717 1,170 $74,712 7 11
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