Metz, WV
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Metz, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 479. 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 METZ-WV · Metz, WV 1 ZIPs · 479 pop · #16673/25278 · Marion County
INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW
- INC-MID $62,333
- RANK-LOWER #16673/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Worthington
- BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
- OWN-MID 73% owners
- POP-VILLAGE 479
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-LOW $171,300
Nearest income peer: Worthington, WV ( $1,262 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 Metz
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Metz on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Baxter · lowest $6,875
Baxter · lowest
$6,875 median HH income
- Rivesville · near
Rivesville · near
$60,990 median HH income
- Worthington · near
Worthington · near
$61,071 median HH income
- Metz · this city
Metz · this city
$62,333 median HH income
- Grant Town · near
Grant Town · near
$64,688 median HH income
- Fairmont · near
Fairmont · near
$69,712 median HH income
- Idamay · highest
Idamay · highest
$98,953 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, Metz, WV sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.
- 34th pct
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 479
- city population (Census)
- 1
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $62,333
- 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 $62,333 and poverty 15.0% concentrate in 26585.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (73.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Metz as a pure owner town.
Within West Virginia, Green Bank is the closest lower-income city and Comfort the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Metz.
Population concentration
Metz's single ZIP 26585 carries the town
Metz is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 26585 is the entire residential footprint (479 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 Metz's ZIPs
Census County Business Patterns has no establishment rows joined to the ACS ZIPs mapped to Metz. Read demography on this page; business counts are absent for this footprint.
ZIP Codes in Metz, WV
These ZIP codes sit in Marion County, which covers 14 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Metz. See the Marion County roll-up →
Metz sits in the lower half of Marion County on income: Fairmont, Farmington and Barrackville report more, Mannington and Baxter report less. Baxter marks the far end of that range at $6,875, 89% below Metz.
| ZIP Code | Population | Median income | Establishments | Density |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26585 | 479 | $62,333 | n/a | 8 |
Metz 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 Metz, .