Código postal 26241 — Elkins, WV

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El código postal 26241 cubre Elkins, West Virginia, con una población de unos 14,221 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $53,102.

Población: 14,221136 per square mile
Edad media: 44.76 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $53,1028% below the West Virginia median
Tasa de pobreza: 14.2%1.8 points above the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $173,545up 23.5% in five years
Alquiler medio: $831about the West Virginia median
Título universitario o superior: 23.2%11.8 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 71.4%6.4 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 478

Dónde está 26241

Elkins, West Virginia — el área que la Oficina del Censo delimita para este código postal. Los códigos postales son conjuntos de rutas de reparto y no áreas, así que esto es la aproximación del Censo, no un límite del Servicio Postal.

Población y hogares

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Población	14,221
Edad media	44.7
Hogares familiares	58.2%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	0.9%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	1.9%
Blanca (no hispana)	87.7%
Negra (no hispana)	1.5%
Asiática (no hispana)	0%
Hispana o latina	1.7%
Veteranos	7.5%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$53,102
Ingreso por persona	$30,863
Tasa de pobreza	14.2%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	16.5%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	6.0%
$10–15k	7.7%
$15–20k	9.1%
$20–25k	4.0%
$25–30k	4.8%
$30–35k	1.9%
$35–40k	5.6%
$40–45k	4.4%
$45–50k	3.8%
$50–60k	8.4%
$60–75k	8.1%
$75–100k	9.6%
$100–125k	15.3%
$125–150k	3.5%
$150–200k	3.7%
$200k or more	4.0%

Income as declared to the IRS

Filed returns rather than survey responses, so this counts tax units and not households.

Declaraciones presentadas	6,210
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$59,912
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	3.2%
Returns, under $25k	34.8%
Returns, $25k–$50k	25.6%
Returns, $50k–$75k	15.0%
Returns, $75k–$100k	9.2%
Returns, $100k–$200k	12.2%
Returns, $200k or more	3.2%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$143,100
Alquiler bruto medio	$831
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	28.8%
Ocupada por su propietario	71.4%
Viviendas vacías	17.1%
Año medio de construcción	1972

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	65%
Casa adosada	2.6%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	10.8%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	4.4%
20 o más viviendas	2.2%
Casa móvil	15%

Precios y alquileres actuales

Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index, courtesy of Zillow. Monthly and current, where the Census figures above are a five-year average and are capped at $2,000,000.

Valor típico de la vivienda	$173,545as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 1.2%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 23.5%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 44.1%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$120,434 in 2016 to $173,545 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	7.7%
Licenciatura o superior	23.2%
Bachillerato o superior	89.9%
Trabaja desde casa	8.1%
Conduce solo al trabajo	71.4%
Usa el transporte público	0%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	6.6%

Salud

CDC PLACES 2025 release, model-based estimates. These are modelled small-area estimates for adults, not counts of diagnosed cases.

Obesidad	45.5% 12.1 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	16% 4 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	19.1% 5.9 pts above the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	45.6% 11.5 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	25.7% 5.4 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	8.4% 2.9 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	31.4% 9.5 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	33.1% 7.7 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	39.8% 14.7 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	13.7% 2.3 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	80.2% 5.5 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	10.2% 2.5 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	12.4% 2 pts above the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	9.1% 2.9 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	80.5% 3.8 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	86.5% 0.6 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	18.7% 3.9 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	66.9% 2.6 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	10.9% 4.3 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	53.5% 7.8 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	40.6% 9.9 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	22.8% 2 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	16% 1.1 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	17.4% 3.1 pts above the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	9.5% 2.8 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	42.5% 6.3 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	11.7% 2.1 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	11.2% 2.8 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	8.9% same as the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	35.4% 1 pts above the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	74.9% 1 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	20.9% 4.1 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	19.2% 5.2 pts above the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	17.5% 4 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	4.6% 0.6 pts above the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	10.6% 1.8 pts above the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	42.5% 6.1 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	4.4% 1 pts above the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	21.6% 8.6 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	5.9% same as the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	478
Personas empleadas	6,842
Nómina anual	$259,522,000

Riesgo de desastres naturales

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

Riesgo general	Mayor que el 79.9% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Low to Relatively High en los 6 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	78.8 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	33.8 sobre 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.

Deslizamiento de tierra	95.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	95.7Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	81.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	77.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	77.3Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	70.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	66.2Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	62Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalancha	57.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	53.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	37.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	31Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	28.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	19.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	0.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code

Comparado con West Virginia y Estados Unidos

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

	This ZIP	West Virginia	United States
Ingreso medio del hogar	$53,102	$57,917	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$30,863	$32,949	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	14.2%	16.6%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$143,100	$155,600	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$831	$850	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	71.4%	74.3%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	23.2%	23.3%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	7.7%	5.7%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	8.1%	8%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	0.9%	1.7%	13.9%
Edad media	44.7	42.7	38.7

Clima

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.

Estación meteorológica	ELKINS RANDOLPH CO AP, WV US4.5 km away
Lluvia al año	47 in
Nieve al año	69 in

Average high and low by month

enero	41.5°F / 20°F3.36 in rain, 20.3 in snow
febrero	45.1°F / 22°F3.26 in rain, 15.4 in snow
marzo	53.5°F / 28.5°F3.98 in rain, 11.4 in snow
abril	65.6°F / 37.3°F4.1 in rain, 2.3 in snow
mayo	73.4°F / 47°F5.14 in rain
junio	80.2°F / 55.5°F4.48 in rain
julio	83.2°F / 59.6°F5.99 in rain
agosto	82.1°F / 58.4°F3.87 in rain
septiembre	76.6°F / 51.5°F3.51 in rain
octubre	66.3°F / 39.1°F3.08 in rain, 0.9 in snow
noviembre	54.8°F / 29.9°F2.87 in rain, 4.1 in snow
diciembre	45.2°F / 24.1°F3.57 in rain, 14.5 in snow

Acceso a alimentos

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.

Bajos ingresos y lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	57% of this ZIP code's area

Distritos escolares

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%.

Randolph County School District	100% de la superficie de este código postal

Comunidad y caminabilidad

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.

Vulnerabilidad social general	43más vulnerable que el 43% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	50más vulnerable que el 50% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	47más vulnerable que el 47% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	10más vulnerable que el 10% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	49más vulnerable que el 49% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	5.1 out of 20Least walkable

Códigos postales cercanos

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

26285 Norton, WV	a 10.3 km
26275 Junior, WV	a 10.6 km
26253 Beverly, WV	a 10.9 km
26257 Coalton, WV	a 11.3 km
26254 Bowden, WV	a 12 km
26278 Mabie, WV	a 13 km
26276 Kerens, WV	a 13.2 km
26250 Belington, WV	a 14.1 km

Ubicación, condados y zona horaria

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.

Randolph County	100% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	104.67 sq mi
Densidad de población	136 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	38.9253, -79.8471

Las cifras corresponden a este código postal o a su área de tabulación censal salvo que la sección indique otra cosa. Las estimaciones cuyo margen de error las hacía poco fiables se omiten en lugar de mostrarse. Fuentes: Oficina del Censo de EE. UU., CDC, IRS.