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West Charleston, VT

Single-footprint Census roll-up for West Charleston, VT: 1 USPS ZIP, population 789. 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 WEST-CHARLESTON-VT · West Charleston, VT 1 ZIPs · 789 pop · #22124/25278 · Orleans County

INC-MID · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $48,839
  • RANK-BOTTOM #22124/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Lowell
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 88% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 789
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $235,900

Nearest income peer: Lowell, VT (+ $8,565 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 West Charleston

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest West Charleston 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, West Charleston, VT 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.

12th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
789
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$48,839
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 ($48,839 average) · poverty 7.3%. The primary code (05872) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (88.4%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Vermont, Bridgewater is the closest lower-income city and Lunenburg the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for West Charleston.

Population concentration

West Charleston's single ZIP 05872 carries the town

West Charleston is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 05872 is the entire residential footprint (789 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

Mid-pack ZBP load on West Charleston's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 14 establishments, 14 employees , annual payroll $1,333k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 05872 (14 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (5) .

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ZIP Codes in West Charleston, VT

These ZIP codes sit in Orleans County, which covers 22 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in West Charleston. See the Orleans County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Orleans County reports a higher average ZIP median income than West Charleston, Newport, Orleans and Barton among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Morgan marks the far end of that range at $91,250, 87% above West Charleston.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
05872 789 $48,839 14 13
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West Charleston 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 West Charleston, .