PlainZIP

Tornado, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Tornado, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 1,370. 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 TORNADO-WV · Tornado, WV 1 ZIPs · 1,370 pop · #5061/25278 · Kanawha County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-HIGH $96,328
  • RANK-UPPER #5061/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over East Bank
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 94% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 1,370
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $198,600

Nearest income peer: East Bank, WV ( $23,453 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 Tornado

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Tornado 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, Tornado, WV sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 20%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
1,370
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$96,328
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.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $96,328 and home value $198,600 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 25.1%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (94.1%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Tornado reads through its lone ZIP, 25202

1,370 ACS residents, one ZIP: 25202 is not the leading code inside Tornado, 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 Tornado

Citywide ZBP: 8 establishments, 30 employees , annual payroll $1,640k (~6 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 25202 (8 units) .

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ZIP Codes in Tornado, WV

These ZIP codes sit in Kanawha County, which covers 42 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Tornado. See the Kanawha County roll-up →

No other city sharing Kanawha County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Tornado. Charleston, Saint Albans and South Charleston sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Cabin Creek marks the far end of that range at $33,995, 65% below Tornado.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
25202 1,370 $96,328 8 46
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Tornado 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 Tornado, .