Código postal 26261 — Richwood, WV

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El código postal 26261 cubre Richwood, West Virginia, con una población de unos 3,115 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $34,255.

Población: 3,11519 per square mile
Edad media: 46.78 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $34,25541% below the West Virginia median
Tasa de pobreza: 30.2%17.8 points above the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $63,476up 9.6% in five years
Alquiler medio: $62826% below the West Virginia median
Título universitario o superior: 10.6%24.4 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 82%17 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 39

Dónde está 26261

Richwood, 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	3,115
Edad media	46.7
Hogares familiares	52.9%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	1.5%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	1.9%
Blanca (no hispana)	97.7%
Negra (no hispana)	0%
Asiática (no hispana)	1.3%
Hispana o latina	0.5%
Veteranos	9.2%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$34,255
Ingreso por persona	$26,602
Tasa de pobreza	30.2%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	32.2%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	7.4%
$10–15k	9.2%
$15–20k	6.4%
$20–25k	4.6%
$25–30k	13.7%
$30–35k	11.3%
$35–40k	5.2%
$40–45k	2.0%
$45–50k	5.7%
$50–60k	7.0%
$60–75k	8.7%
$75–100k	9.1%
$100–125k	3.8%
$125–150k	1.6%
$150–200k	2.4%
$200k or more	2.0%

Income as declared to the IRS

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

Declaraciones presentadas	710
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$41,987
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	0%
Returns, under $25k	42.3%
Returns, $25k–$50k	28.2%
Returns, $50k–$75k	12.7%
Returns, $75k–$100k	8.5%
Returns, $100k–$200k	8.5%
Returns, $200k or more	0.0%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$64,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$628
Ocupada por su propietario	82%
Viviendas vacías	30.2%
Año medio de construcción	1957

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	82.3%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	7%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	1%
20 o más viviendas	0.4%
Casa móvil	9.3%

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	$63,476as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	down 8.7%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 9.6%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$39,299 in 2019 to $63,476 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	22.3%
Licenciatura o superior	10.6%
Bachillerato o superior	87.9%
Trabaja desde casa	3.3%
Conduce solo al trabajo	71.3%
Usa el transporte público	10%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	34.2%

Salud

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

Obesidad	42.8% 9.4 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	19.8% 7.8 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	23.8% 10.6 pts above the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	50.6% 16.5 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	31.8% 11.5 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	9.5% 1.8 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	31.5% 9.6 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	39.5% 14.1 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	45% 19.9 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	12% 4 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	82.6% 7.9 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	11.2% 3.5 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	12.6% 2.2 pts above the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	11.9% 5.7 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	81.6% 4.9 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	86.9% 1 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	20.6% 5.8 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	65.1% 0.8 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	14.9% 8.3 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	49.8% 11.5 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	46.3% 15.6 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	23.3% 1.5 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	20% 2.9 pts above the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	23.8% 9.5 pts above the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	11.8% 5.1 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	46.5% 10.3 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	13.7% same as the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	13.5% 5.1 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	10.3% 1.1 pts above the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	34.4% same as the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	74% 1.9 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	21.7% 4.9 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	24.9% 10.9 pts above the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	20.9% 7.4 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	6.3% 2.3 pts above the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	12.9% 4.1 pts above the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	41.3% 4.9 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	5.7% 2.3 pts above the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	25.5% 12.5 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	7.7% 2.1 pts above the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	39
Personas empleadas	253
Nómina anual	$5,399,000

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 90.2% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Moderate to Relatively High en los 3 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	84.5 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	37 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	98.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	97.4Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	97.1Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	90Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	84.9Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	62.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	62.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalancha	62Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	59.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	54.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	48.7Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	38Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	37.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	16.8Very 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	$34,255	$57,917	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$26,602	$32,949	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	30.2%	16.6%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$64,400	$155,600	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	$628	$850	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	82%	74.3%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	10.6%	23.3%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	22.3%	5.7%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	3.3%	8%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	1.5%	1.7%	13.9%
Edad media	46.7	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	RICHWOOD 1SSE, WV US2.8 km away
Lluvia al año	56 in
Nieve al año	100 in

Average high and low by month

enero	37.6°F / 19.9°F4.32 in rain, 26.1 in snow
febrero	40.6°F / 21.7°F3.95 in rain, 21.9 in snow
marzo	48.4°F / 29.1°F5.29 in rain, 16 in snow
abril	60.1°F / 39.2°F4.77 in rain, 5.3 in snow
mayo	68.4°F / 48.2°F5.83 in rain
junio	74.2°F / 55.7°F5.16 in rain
julio	77.7°F / 59.8°F5.99 in rain
agosto	76.7°F / 58.8°F4.38 in rain
septiembre	72.1°F / 52.9°F4.17 in rain
octubre	62.6°F / 42.7°F3.57 in rain, 1.1 in snow
noviembre	51.2°F / 32.7°F3.87 in rain, 7.5 in snow
diciembre	42°F / 25.1°F4.54 in rain, 22.1 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	67% of this ZIP code's area
Lejos de un supermercado	None of this ZIP code
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	77% 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%.

This ZIP code is served by 2 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Greenbrier County School District	67% de la superficie de este código postal
Nicholas County School District	33% 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	67más vulnerable que el 67% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	78más vulnerable que el 78% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	65más vulnerable que el 65% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	14más vulnerable que el 14% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	60más vulnerable que el 60% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	4.4 out of 20Least walkable

Códigos postales cercanos

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

26202 Fenwick, WV	a 8.3 km
26681 Nettie, WV	a 13.3 km
26676 Leivasy, WV	a 14.2 km
26205 Craigsville, WV	a 14.3 km
26662 Canvas, WV	a 18 km
26208 Camden On Gauley, WV	a 18.7 km
26660 Calvin, WV	a 19.5 km
26206 Cowen, WV	a 21.2 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.

Greenbrier County	67% of this ZIP code's land area
Nicholas County	33% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	165.25 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.73 sq mi
Densidad de población	19 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	38.2230, -80.5445

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.