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24887 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 24887 covers Switchback, West Virginia, with a population of about 0.

Population
0
Time zone
Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time

Where 24887 is

Switchback, West Virginia — the area the Census Bureau draws for this ZIP code. ZIP codes are sets of delivery routes rather than areas, so this is the Census approximation of one, not a Postal Service boundary.

People and households

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Population0
Natural hazard risk

FEMA National Risk Index, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data — the NRI is not published per ZIP.

Overall riskHigher than 67.4% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Moderate
Expected annual loss42 out of 100
Community resilience1.4 out of 100

By hazard

Score is out of 100 and is the area-weighted average across the census tracts this ZIP code covers. The rating beside it is the highest any one of those tracts carries.

Landslide93.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave92.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding88.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire76.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind72.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalanche68Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane44Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail38.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning34.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather33.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake31.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm8.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado7.5Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave2.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Compared with West Virginia and the United States

State and national columns are figures for those areas, not for this ZIP code. American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

This ZIPWest VirginiaUnited States
Median household income$57,917$78,538
Income per person$32,949$43,289
Poverty rate16.6%12.4%
Median home value$155,600$303,400
Median gross rent$850$1,348
Homeownership74.3%65%
Bachelor's degree or higher23.3%35%
Unemployment rate5.7%5.2%
Works from home8%13.5%
Born outside the US1.7%13.9%
Median age42.738.7
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Climate

NOAA US Climate Normals 1991-2020, from the nearest weather station with a full year of records. The station and its distance are named above, because a station forty kilometres away describes somewhere else.

Weather stationELKHORN, WV US2.5 km away

Average high and low by month

January42.6°F / 23.4°F
February46.4°F / 25.7°F
March54.8°F / 31.7°F
April66.1°F / 39.2°F
May73.5°F / 48.4°F
June79.9°F / 55.9°F
July82.8°F / 60.3°F
August81.9°F / 58.8°F
September77.1°F / 52.6°F
October66.9°F / 41°F
November55.4°F / 31.7°F
December44.7°F / 27.1°F
Access to food

USDA Food Access Research Atlas, estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Each figure is the share of the ZIP code's land area that falls in a tract carrying that flag.

Low income and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarket100% of this ZIP code's area
School districts

NCES Geographic Relationship File 2025, which states the association between each district and each ZIP code tabulation area directly. Elementary and secondary districts can cover the same ground, so shares need not total 100%.

McDowell County School District100% of this ZIP code's land area
Community and walkability

CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index 2022 and the EPA National Walkability Index, both estimated for this ZIP code from census tract data. Vulnerability figures are national percentile ranks, not measurements.

Overall social vulnerability65more vulnerable than 65% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status81more vulnerable than 81% of US census tracts
Household characteristics30more vulnerable than 30% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status60more vulnerable than 60% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport52more vulnerable than 52% of US census tracts
Walkability3.8 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

The closest ZIP codes by centre point, which is not the same as sharing a border.

24861 Maybeury, WV1.7 km away
24831 Elkhorn, WV2.7 km away
24808 Anawalt, WV4.7 km away
24855 Kyle, WV5.4 km away
24868 Northfork, WV5.6 km away
24715 Bramwell, WV6.9 km away
24871 Pageton, WV7.5 km away
24635 Pocahontas, VA8.3 km away
Location, counties and time zone

County shares from Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files. Time zone from the USDOT National Transportation Atlas, which renders the boundaries written into 49 CFR Part 71.

McDowell County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.78 sq mi
Latitude, longitude37.3712, -81.3857

Figures are published for this ZIP code or its Census tabulation area unless a section says otherwise. Estimates whose margin of error made them unreliable are omitted rather than shown. Sources: US Census Bureau, CDC, IRS.

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