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Elkhorn, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Elkhorn, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 250. 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 ELKHORN-WV · Elkhorn, WV 1 ZIPs · 250 pop · #18900/25278 · McDowell County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-UNK

  • INC-MID $57,652
  • RANK-LOWER #18900/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Panther
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 100% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 250
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending

Nearest income peer: Panther, WV ( $17,359 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 Elkhorn

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

25th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
250
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$57,652
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.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $57,652 and poverty 24.2% concentrate in 24831.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (100.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within West Virginia, Mullens is the closest lower-income city and Wheeling the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Elkhorn.

Population concentration

Elkhorn reads through its lone ZIP, 24831

250 ACS residents, one ZIP: 24831 is not the leading code inside Elkhorn, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

No ZBP establishments filed for Elkhorn's ZIPs

Census County Business Patterns has no establishment rows joined to the ACS ZIPs mapped to Elkhorn. Read demography on this page; business counts are absent for this footprint.

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ZIP Codes in Elkhorn, WV

These ZIP codes sit in McDowell County, which covers 32 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Elkhorn. See the McDowell County roll-up →

No other city sharing McDowell County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Elkhorn. Welch, Iaeger and Northfork sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Kimball marks the far end of that range at $13,092, 77% below Elkhorn.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
24831 250 $57,652 n/a 55
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