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26162 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 26162 covers Porters Falls, West Virginia, with a population of about 0.

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

Where 26162 is

Porters Falls, 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 97.4% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively High
Expected annual loss93.5 out of 100
Community resilience55.3 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.

River flooding99.8Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Landslide99Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning93.5Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought88.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail75.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire70.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind66.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm63.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane57.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave55.5Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado43.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather37.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave33.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake29.1Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalanche18.4Very 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 stationHANNIBAL LOCKS & DAM, OH US12.4 km away
Rain in a year45 in

Average high and low by month

January38.3°F / 20.4°F3.67 in rain
February41.8°F / 22.2°F3.13 in rain
March51°F / 28.7°F3.89 in rain
April63.9°F / 37.8°F3.9 in rain
May72.6°F / 48.3°F4.5 in rain
June80°F / 57.3°F4.51 in rain
July83.3°F / 62°F4.67 in rain
August82.8°F / 61°F3.58 in rain
September77°F / 54.4°F3.7 in rain
October65.5°F / 42.7°F3.04 in rain
November53°F / 32°F2.85 in rain
December42.5°F / 25.7°F3.58 in rain
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 supermarket100% of this ZIP code's area
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
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%.

Wetzel 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 vulnerability58more vulnerable than 58% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status50more vulnerable than 50% of US census tracts
Household characteristics62more vulnerable than 62% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status9more vulnerable than 9% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport75more vulnerable than 75% of US census tracts
Walkability3.7 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

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

26167 Reader, WV2.2 km away
26419 Pine Grove, WV9.4 km away
26155 New Martinsville, WV11.2 km away
26377 Jacksonburg, WV12.1 km away
43931 Hannibal, OH12.7 km away
26159 Paden City, WV13.2 km away
26149 Middlebourne, WV14.8 km away
43946 Sardis, OH15 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.

Wetzel County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area1.18 sq mi
Water area0.06 sq mi
Latitude, longitude39.5798, -80.7762

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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