Thorpe, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Thorpe, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 167. 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 THORPE-WV · Thorpe, WV 1 ZIPs · 167 pop · #24304/25278 · McDowell County

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

  • INC-LOW $36,813
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24304/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ War
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 100% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 167
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $62,500

Nearest income peer: War, WV ( $106 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 Thorpe

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

4th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
167
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$36,813
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 ($36,813 average) · poverty 24.4%. The primary code (24888) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (100.0%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within West Virginia, War is the closest lower-income city and East Lynn the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Thorpe.

Population concentration

Thorpe reads through its lone ZIP, 24888

167 ACS residents, one ZIP: 24888 is not the leading code inside Thorpe, 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 Thorpe's ZIPs

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

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ZIP Codes in Thorpe, WV

These ZIP codes sit in McDowell County, which covers 32 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Thorpe. See the McDowell County roll-up →

Thorpe sits in the upper half of McDowell County on income: Welch, Iaeger and Northfork report less, while Panther reports more. Kimball marks the far end of that range at $13,092, 64% below Thorpe.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
24888 167 $36,813 n/a 12

Thorpe 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 Thorpe, .