PlainZIP

Gary, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Gary, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 800. 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 GARY-WV · Gary, WV 1 ZIPs · 800 pop · #24381/25278 · McDowell County

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

  • INC-LOW $36,250
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24381/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ War
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 94% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 800
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $47,700

Nearest income peer: War, WV (+ $457 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 Gary

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Gary 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, Gary, 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
800
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$36,250
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 ($36,250 average) · poverty 46.0%. The primary code (24836) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (93.8%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within West Virginia, Hinton is the closest lower-income city and Mount Hope the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Gary.

Population concentration

One ZIP, 24836, is all of Gary

There is no split to weigh here: 24836 holds every one of Gary's 800 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Gary

Citywide ZBP: 8 establishments, 240 employees , annual payroll $7,609k (~10 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 24836 (8 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (5) .

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ZIP Codes in Gary, WV

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

Gary sits in the upper half of McDowell County on income: Welch, Iaeger and Northfork report less, while Panther reports more. Kimball marks the far end of that range at $13,092, 64% below Gary.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
24836 800 $36,250 8 8
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