Código postal 26374 — Independence, WV

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El código postal 26374 cubre Independence, West Virginia, con una población de unos 1,858 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $52,049.

Población: 1,85852 per square mile
Edad media: 42.63.9 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $52,04910% below the West Virginia median
Tasa de pobreza: 4.7%7.7 points below the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $202,378up 32.1% in five years
Título universitario o superior: 23%12 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 96.9%31.9 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 11

Dónde está 26374

Independence, 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	1,858
Edad media	42.6
Hogares familiares	82.3%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	0.5%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	0.5%
Blanca (no hispana)	93.5%
Negra (no hispana)	0.8%
Asiática (no hispana)	0%
Hispana o latina	4.3%
Veteranos	8.6%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$52,049
Ingreso por persona	$30,442
Tasa de pobreza	4.7%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	17.8%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	0.0%
$10–15k	1.4%
$15–20k	3.7%
$20–25k	4.5%
$25–30k	11.0%
$30–35k	9.3%
$35–40k	4.1%
$40–45k	2.4%
$45–50k	6.5%
$50–60k	10.3%
$60–75k	9.2%
$75–100k	16.1%
$100–125k	8.5%
$125–150k	3.0%
$150–200k	3.1%
$200k or more	6.9%

Income as declared to the IRS

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

Declaraciones presentadas	690
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$63,326
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	4.3%
Returns, under $25k	27.5%
Returns, $25k–$50k	26.1%
Returns, $50k–$75k	17.4%
Returns, $75k–$100k	13.0%
Returns, $100k–$200k	11.6%
Returns, $200k or more	4.3%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$142,600
Ocupada por su propietario	96.9%
Viviendas vacías	3.7%
Año medio de construcción	1981

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	76.3%
Casa adosada	2.4%
Casa móvil	20.5%
Barco, autocaravana o furgoneta	0.7%

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	$202,378as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 6.1%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 32.1%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$128,950 in 2019 to $202,378 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	0%
Licenciatura o superior	23%
Bachillerato o superior	91.3%
Trabaja desde casa	8.4%
Conduce solo al trabajo	82.5%
Usa el transporte público	0%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	14.1%

Salud

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

Obesidad	38.6% 5.2 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	15.6% 3.6 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	21.4% 8.2 pts above the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	43% 8.9 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	25.6% 5.3 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	8.7% 2.6 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	30.8% 8.9 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	31.6% 6.2 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	37.6% 12.5 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	15.6% same as the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	78.7% 4 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	9.2% 1.5 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	12.2% 1.8 pts above the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	8.4% 2.2 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	79.6% 2.9 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	86.8% 0.9 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	18.8% 4 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	68.7% 4.4 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	10.7% 4.1 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	55.7% 5.6 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	38.8% 8.1 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	23.8% 1 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	16.4% 0.7 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	18.3% 4 pts above the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	8.7% 2 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	42.7% 6.5 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	12.6% 1.2 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	10.6% 2.2 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	8.8% same as the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	33.8% 0.6 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	76.9% 1 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	21.3% 4.5 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	18.3% 4.3 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	11.4% 2.6 pts above the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	38.7% 2.3 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	4% 0.6 pts above the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	21.2% 8.2 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	5.7% same as the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	11
Personas empleadas	33
Nómina anual	$885,000

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 50.5% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Low to Relatively Moderate en los 6 sectores censales que cubre este código postal
Pérdida anual esperada	39.7 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	36.2 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	96.3Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	79.3Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	76Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	73.4Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	71.6Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	69.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	66.7Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	53.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalancha	44.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	41.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	31.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	28.3Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	20.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	9.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	5.7Very 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	$52,049	$57,917	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$30,442	$32,949	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	4.7%	16.6%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$142,600	$155,600	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	—	$850	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	96.9%	74.3%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	23%	23.3%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	0%	5.7%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	8.4%	8%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	0.5%	1.7%	13.9%
Edad media	42.6	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	TYGART DAM, WV US19.5 km away
Lluvia al año	49 in
Nieve al año	26 in

Average high and low by month

enero	38.7°F / 21.2°F3.37 in rain, 9.7 in snow
febrero	42.3°F / 22.7°F3.32 in rain, 7.7 in snow
marzo	51.6°F / 29.2°F3.87 in rain, 3.3 in snow
abril	64°F / 38.6°F4.34 in rain, 0.2 in snow
mayo	71.5°F / 48.8°F4.88 in rain
junio	77.8°F / 56.7°F4.92 in rain
julio	81.2°F / 61.4°F5.48 in rain
agosto	80.4°F / 60°F4.37 in rain
septiembre	75.5°F / 53.3°F3.64 in rain
octubre	64.7°F / 41.9°F3.4 in rain, 0.1 in snow
noviembre	53.1°F / 32.1°F3.14 in rain, 0.9 in snow
diciembre	42.9°F / 26.2°F3.83 in rain, 3.6 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	18% 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 3 school districts, so the address decides which one, not the ZIP code.

Preston County School District	71.3% de la superficie de este código postal
Taylor County School District	18.2% de la superficie de este código postal
Monongalia School District	10.5% 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	41más vulnerable que el 41% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	56más vulnerable que el 56% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	55más vulnerable que el 55% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	5más vulnerable que el 5% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	35más vulnerable que el 35% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	4.6 out of 20Least walkable

Códigos postales cercanos

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

26410 Newburg, WV	a 6.7 km
26520 Arthurdale, WV	a 7.9 km
26547 Reedsville, WV	a 9.5 km
26524 Bretz, WV	a 12.8 km
26440 Thornton, WV	a 12.8 km
26444 Tunnelton, WV	a 14.8 km
26537 Kingwood, WV	a 15.6 km
26542 Masontown, WV	a 16.1 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.

Preston County	71.3% of this ZIP code's land area
Taylor County	18.2% of this ZIP code's land area
Monongalia County	10.5% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	35.95 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.04 sq mi
Densidad de población	52 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	39.4464, -79.8822

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.