PlainZIP

Lester, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Lester, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,475. 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 LESTER-WV · Lester, WV 1 ZIPs · 1,475 pop · #24151/25278 · Raleigh County

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

  • INC-LOW $38,173
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24151/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Mount Hope
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 87% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,475
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $170,000

Nearest income peer: Mount Hope, WV ( $1,909 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 Lester

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Lester 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, Lester, 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
1,475
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$38,173
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 ($38,173 average) · poverty 26.1%. The primary code (25865) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (86.9%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Lester's single ZIP 25865 carries the town

Lester is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 25865 is the entire residential footprint (1,475 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 Lester

Citywide ZBP: 6 establishments, 24 employees , annual payroll $326k (~4 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 25865 (6 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Lester, WV

These ZIP codes sit in Raleigh County, which covers 39 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Lester. See the Raleigh County roll-up →

Lester lands mid-pack among the 10 cities sharing Raleigh County: Beckley, Beaver and Shady Spring earn more and Mount Hope, Sophia and Glen Daniel earn less. Shady Spring marks the far end of that range at $79,323, 108% above Lester.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
25865 1,475 $38,173 6 22
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