PlainZIP

Tunnelton, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Tunnelton, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,639. 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 TUNNELTON-WV · Tunnelton, WV 1 ZIPs · 3,639 pop · #23272/25278 · Preston County

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

  • INC-LOW $44,004
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23272/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Aurora
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 86% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,639
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $119,800

Nearest income peer: Aurora, WV ( $3,504 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 Tunnelton

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

8th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,639
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$44,004
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 ($44,004 average) · poverty 20.5%. The primary code (26444) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (85.5%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

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

Population concentration

Tunnelton's single ZIP 26444 carries the town

Tunnelton is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 26444 is the entire residential footprint (3,639 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Tunnelton

Citywide ZBP: 27 establishments, 85 employees , annual payroll $2,202k (~7 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 26444 (27 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (10) · also Retail trade · Transportation and warehousing .

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ZIP Codes in Tunnelton, WV

These ZIP codes sit in Preston County, which covers 13 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Tunnelton. See the Preston County roll-up →

Tunnelton sits in the lower half of Preston County on income: Bruceton Mills, Kingwood and Terra Alta report more, and only Aurora reports less. Bruceton Mills marks the far end of that range at $82,114, 87% above Tunnelton.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
26444 3,639 $44,004 27 20
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