PlainZIP

Shanks, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Shanks, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 685. 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 SHANKS-WV · Shanks, WV 1 ZIPs · 685 pop · #25035/25278 · Hampshire County

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

  • INC-LOW $25,139
  • RANK-BOTTOM #25035/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Romney
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 76% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 685
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $79,400

Nearest income peer: Romney, WV (+ $32,073 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 Shanks

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Shanks 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, Shanks, 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.

1st pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
685
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$25,139
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 ($25,139 average) · poverty 9.2%. The primary code (26761) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (75.7%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Shanks as a pure owner town.

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

Population concentration

One ZIP, 26761, is all of Shanks

There is no split to weigh here: 26761 holds every one of Shanks's 685 ACS residents. City-level and ZIP-level numbers on this site are the same number twice, check the ZIP page for the income/tenure/commute breakdown.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Shanks

Citywide ZBP: 3 establishments, 17 employees , annual payroll $583k (~4 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 26761 (3 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Shanks, WV

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

Every one of the 11 cities sharing Hampshire County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Shanks, Romney, Augusta and Capon Bridge among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Slanesville marks the far end of that range at $132,614, 428% above Shanks.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
26761 685 $25,139 3 24
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Shanks 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 Shanks, .