Macfarlan, WV
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Macfarlan, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 245. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet MACFARLAN-WV · Macfarlan, WV 1 ZIPs · 245 pop · #23225/25278 · Ritchie County
INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-LOW $44,177
- RANK-BOTTOM #23225/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Pullman
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-HIGH 87% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 245
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $85,000
Nearest income peer: Pullman, WV ( $2,927 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 Macfarlan
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Macfarlan on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Smithville · lowest
Smithville · lowest
$35,139 median HH income
- Pullman · near
Pullman · near
$41,250 median HH income
- Macfarlan · this city
Macfarlan · this city
$44,177 median HH income
- Cairo · near
Cairo · near
$49,306 median HH income
- Harrisville · near
Harrisville · near
$53,125 median HH income
- Ellenboro · highest
Ellenboro · highest
$73,641 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Macfarlan, 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.
- 8th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 245
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $44,177
- 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 ($44,177 average) · poverty 2.4%. The primary code (26148) carries the ACS household fields that matter.
Owner-occupancy here runs high (87.4%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.
Within West Virginia, Reedy is the closest lower-income city and Justice the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Macfarlan.
Population concentration
Macfarlan's single ZIP 26148 carries the town
Macfarlan is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 26148 is the entire residential footprint (245 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
No ZBP establishments filed for Macfarlan's ZIPs
Census County Business Patterns has no establishment rows joined to the ACS ZIPs mapped to Macfarlan. Read demography on this page; business counts are absent for this footprint.
ZIP Codes in Macfarlan, WV
These ZIP codes sit in Ritchie County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Macfarlan. See the Ritchie County roll-up →
Macfarlan sits in the lower half of Ritchie County on income: Pennsboro, Harrisville and Cairo report more, Smithville and Pullman report less. Ellenboro marks the far end of that range at $73,641, 67% above Macfarlan.
| ZIP Code | Population | Median income | Establishments | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26148 | 245 | $44,177 | n/a | 5 |
Macfarlan 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 Macfarlan, .