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Helvetia, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Helvetia, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 221. 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 HELVETIA-WV · Helvetia, WV 1 ZIPs · 221 pop · #25111/25278 · Randolph County

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

  • INC-LOW $23,000
  • RANK-BOTTOM #25111/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Huttonsville
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 60% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 221
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $57,400

Nearest income peer: Huttonsville, WV (+ $16,688 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 Helvetia

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Helvetia 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, Helvetia, 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.

1st pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
221
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$23,000
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 ($23,000 average) · poverty 75.6%. The primary code (26224) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (60.4%) for this income tier, rent - may matter more than the home-value average.

Within West Virginia, Secondcreek is the closest lower-income city and Red Jacket the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Helvetia.

Population concentration

Helvetia reads through its lone ZIP, 26224

221 ACS residents, one ZIP: 26224 is not the leading code inside Helvetia, 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 Helvetia's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 4 establishments, 14 employees , annual payroll $679k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 26224 (4 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Helvetia, WV

These ZIP codes sit in Randolph County, which covers 20 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Helvetia. See the Randolph County roll-up →

Every one of the 10 cities sharing Randolph County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Helvetia, Elkins, Beverly and Huttonsville among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Coalton marks the far end of that range at $79,375, 245% above Helvetia.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
26224 221 $23,000 4 3
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Helvetia 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 Helvetia, .