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Purgitsville, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Purgitsville, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 869. 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 PURGITSVILLE-WV · Purgitsville, WV 1 ZIPs · 869 pop · #16253/25278 · Hampshire County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $63,221
  • RANK-LOWER #16253/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Paw Paw
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 98% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 869
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $218,300

Nearest income peer: Paw Paw, WV (+ $1,266 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 Purgitsville

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

36th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
869
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$63,221
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 $63,221 and poverty 2.6% concentrate in 26852.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (97.7%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Purgitsville reads through its lone ZIP, 26852

869 ACS residents, one ZIP: 26852 is not the leading code inside Purgitsville, 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

No ZBP establishments filed for Purgitsville's ZIPs

Census County Business Patterns has no establishment rows joined to the ACS ZIPs mapped to Purgitsville. Read demography on this page; business counts are absent for this footprint.

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ZIP Codes in Purgitsville, WV

These ZIP codes sit in Hampshire County, which covers 17 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Purgitsville. See the Hampshire County roll-up →

Purgitsville sits in the lower half of Hampshire County on income: Augusta, Capon Bridge and Springfield report more, Romney and Shanks report less. Slanesville marks the far end of that range at $132,614, 110% above Purgitsville.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
26852 869 $63,221 n/a 8
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