PlainZIP

Smithville, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Smithville, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 587. 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 SMITHVILLE-WV · Smithville, WV 1 ZIPs · 587 pop · #24491/25278 · Ritchie County

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

  • INC-LOW $35,139
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24491/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Pullman
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 42% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 587
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $137,500

Nearest income peer: Pullman, WV (+ $6,111 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 Smithville

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

3rd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
587
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$35,139
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 ($35,139 average) · poverty 17.9%. The primary code (26178) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (41.7%) for this income tier, rent - may matter more than the home-value average.

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

Population concentration

Smithville reads through its lone ZIP, 26178

587 ACS residents, one ZIP: 26178 is not the leading code inside Smithville, 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

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Smithville

Citywide ZBP: 8 establishments, 28 employees , annual payroll $1,272k (~14 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 26178 (8 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Smithville, WV

These ZIP codes sit in Ritchie County, which covers 10 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Smithville. See the Ritchie County roll-up →

Every one of the 6 cities sharing Ritchie County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Smithville, Pennsboro, Harrisville and Cairo among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Ellenboro marks the far end of that range at $73,641, 110% above Smithville.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
26178 587 $35,139 8 6
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