Lake, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lake, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 972. 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 LAKE-WV · Lake, WV 1 ZIPs · 972 pop · #18581/25278 · Logan County

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

  • INC-MID $58,422
  • RANK-LOWER #18581/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Accoville
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 75% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 972
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-UNK Homes pending

Nearest income peer: Accoville, WV (+ $4,634 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 Lake

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

26th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
972
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$58,422
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 $58,422 and poverty 0.0% concentrate in 25121.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (74.9%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Lake as a pure owner town.

Within West Virginia, Procious is the closest lower-income city and New Cumberland the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Lake.

Population concentration

Lake's single ZIP 25121 carries the town

Lake is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 25121 is the entire residential footprint (972 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 Lake

Citywide ZBP: 5 establishments, 117 employees , annual payroll $7,501k (~5 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 25121 (5 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Lake, WV

These ZIP codes sit in Logan County, which covers 30 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lake. See the Logan County roll-up →

Lake sits in the upper half of Logan County on income: Chapmanville, Logan and Whitman report less, while Holden, Omar and Accoville report more. Holden marks the far end of that range at $90,417, 55% above Lake.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
25121 972 $58,422 5 23

Lake 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 Lake, .