Friendly, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Friendly, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,003. 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 FRIENDLY-WV · Friendly, WV 1 ZIPs · 1,003 pop · #24259/25278 · Tyler County

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

  • INC-LOW $37,147
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24259/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Sistersville
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 68% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,003
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $166,900

Nearest income peer: Sistersville, WV (+ $19,728 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 Friendly

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

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.

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

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Friendly, 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.

4th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,003
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$37,147
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 ($37,147 average) · poverty 24.9%. The primary code (26146) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (67.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Friendly as a pure owner town.

Within West Virginia, Forest Hill is the closest lower-income city and Birch River the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Friendly.

Population concentration

Friendly reads through its lone ZIP, 26146

1,003 ACS residents, one ZIP: 26146 is not the leading code inside Friendly, 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Friendly's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 17 establishments, 507 employees , annual payroll $48,872k (~17 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 26146 (17 units) ; leading NAICS Manufacturing (4) · also Transportation and warehousing .

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ZIP Codes in Friendly, WV

These ZIP codes sit in Tyler County, which covers 4 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Friendly. See the Tyler County roll-up →

Every one of the 3 cities sharing Tyler County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Friendly, Sistersville, Middlebourne and Alma among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Middlebourne marks the far end of that range at $71,786, 93% above Friendly.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
26146 1,003 $37,147 17 10

Friendly 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 Friendly, .