Volga, WV

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Volga, WV: 1 USPS ZIP, population 739. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage

ACS city ledger plate

Sheet VOLGA-WV · Volga, WV 1 ZIPs · 739 pop · #22382/25278 · Barbour County

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

  • INC-MID $47,951
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22382/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Belington
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 98% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 739
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $133,000

Nearest income peer: Belington, WV ( $269 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 Volga

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

11th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
739
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$47,951
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 ($47,951 average) · poverty 26.2%. The primary code (26238) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (97.6%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within West Virginia, Sand Fork is the closest lower-income city and Whitman the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Volga.

Population concentration

Volga reads through its lone ZIP, 26238

739 ACS residents, one ZIP: 26238 is not the leading code inside Volga, 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 Volga's ZIPs

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

View your shortlist →

ZIP Codes in Volga, WV

These ZIP codes sit in Barbour County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Volga. See the Barbour County roll-up →

Every one of the 6 cities sharing Barbour County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Volga, Philippi, Moatsville and Thornton among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Ellamore marks the far end of that range at $96,406, 101% above Volga.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
26238 739 $47,951 n/a 13

Volga 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 Volga, .