PlainZIP

Smithers, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Smithers, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 881. 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 SMITHERS-WV · Smithers, WV 1 ZIPs · 881 pop · #22462/25278 · Fayette County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $47,563
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22462/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Danese
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 76% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 881
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $77,000

Nearest income peer: Danese, WV ( $763 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 Smithers

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Smithers on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Smithers, 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.

11th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
881
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$47,563
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 ($47,563 average) · poverty 25.2%. The primary code (25186) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Smithers as a pure owner town.

Within West Virginia, Pine Grove is the closest lower-income city and Lenore the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Smithers.

Population concentration

Smithers reads through its lone ZIP, 25186

881 ACS residents, one ZIP: 25186 is not the leading code inside Smithers, 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on Smithers's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 16 establishments, 141 employees , annual payroll $6,667k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 25186 (16 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (5) · also Real estate and rental and leasing .

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ZIP Codes in Smithers, WV

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

Smithers lands mid-pack among the 10 cities sharing Fayette County: Oak Hill, Fayetteville and Scarbro earn more and Meadow Bridge, Ansted and Montgomery earn less. Fayetteville marks the far end of that range at $67,628, 42% above Smithers.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
25186 881 $47,563 16 38
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Smithers 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 Smithers, .