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Sophia, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Sophia, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 2,157. 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 SOPHIA-WV · Sophia, WV 1 ZIPs · 2,157 pop · #24457/25278 · Raleigh County

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

  • INC-LOW $35,451
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24457/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mount Hope
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 53% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 2,157
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $105,800

Nearest income peer: Mount Hope, WV (+ $813 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 Sophia

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Sophia 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, Sophia, 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
2,157
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$35,451
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 ($35,451 average) · poverty 41.5%. The primary code (25921) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (52.7%) for this income tier, rent $806 may matter more than the home-value average.

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

Population concentration

Sophia reads through its lone ZIP, 25921

2,157 ACS residents, one ZIP: 25921 is not the leading code inside Sophia, 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

Dense ZBP book packed into Sophia's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 55 establishments, 867 employees , annual payroll $53,602k (~25 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 25921 (55 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (14) · also Construction · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Sophia, WV

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

Sophia sits in the lower half of Raleigh County on income: Beckley, Beaver and Shady Spring report more, Glen Daniel and Midway report less. Shady Spring marks the far end of that range at $79,323, 124% above Sophia.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
25921 2,157 $35,451 55 52
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