Código postal 26542 — Masontown, WV

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El código postal 26542 cubre Masontown, West Virginia, con una población de unos 2,120 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $59,063.

Población: 2,12059 per square mile
Edad media: 39.81.1 points above the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $59,063about the West Virginia median
Tasa de pobreza: 12.4%about the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $172,415up 27.3% in five years
Título universitario o superior: 20.7%14.3 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 85.2%20.2 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 50

Dónde está 26542

Masontown, 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	2,120
Edad media	39.8
Hogares familiares	70.1%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	0%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	1%
Blanca (no hispana)	97.4%
Negra (no hispana)	0%
Asiática (no hispana)	0%
Hispana o latina	1.1%
Veteranos	12.7%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$59,063
Ingreso por persona	$29,400
Tasa de pobreza	12.4%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	20.3%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	6.3%
$10–15k	7.3%
$15–20k	0.8%
$20–25k	2.9%
$25–30k	2.1%
$30–35k	8.4%
$35–40k	4.1%
$40–45k	9.8%
$45–50k	1.9%
$50–60k	8.3%
$60–75k	6.0%
$75–100k	18.8%
$100–125k	7.8%
$125–150k	6.3%
$150–200k	6.6%
$200k or more	2.6%

Income as declared to the IRS

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

Declaraciones presentadas	1,080
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$70,748
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	4.6%
Returns, under $25k	28.7%
Returns, $25k–$50k	27.8%
Returns, $50k–$75k	15.7%
Returns, $75k–$100k	9.3%
Returns, $100k–$200k	13.9%
Returns, $200k or more	4.6%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Valor medio de la vivienda	$152,300
Alquiler como porcentaje del ingreso del hogar	30.8%
Ocupada por su propietario	85.2%
Viviendas vacías	12.9%
Año medio de construcción	1983

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	71.5%
De 2 a 4 viviendas	6.1%
De 5 a 19 viviendas	0.9%
20 o más viviendas	0.9%
Casa móvil	20.7%

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	$172,415as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 5.7%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 27.3%
Typical home value, 10 years	up 70.9%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$53,526 in 2000 to $172,415 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	2.5%
Licenciatura o superior	20.7%
Bachillerato o superior	85.3%
Trabaja desde casa	6.5%
Conduce solo al trabajo	79.3%
Usa el transporte público	0.6%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	15.3%

Salud

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

Obesidad	36.1% 2.7 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	15.3% 3.3 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	18.9% 5.7 pts above the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	43.1% 9 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	24.4% 4.1 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	8.2% 3.1 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	30.1% 8.2 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	30.5% 5.1 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	38.6% 13.5 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	15.1% 0.9 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	80% 5.3 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	10.3% 2.6 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	12.1% 1.7 pts above the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	8.7% 2.5 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	87.4% 1.5 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	17.9% 3.1 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	69% 4.7 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	10.4% 3.8 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	57.6% 3.7 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	38.9% 8.2 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	14.4% 2.7 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	15.3% 1 pts above the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	9.1% 2.4 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	43.3% 7.1 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	11.1% 2.7 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	10.2% 1.8 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	7.9% 1.3 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	34.2% same as the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	78.6% 2.7 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	20.4% 3.6 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)	16.9% 3.4 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	4.2% same as the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	9.6% 0.8 pts above the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	37.1% 0.7 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	4.1% 0.7 pts above the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	18.7% 5.7 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	5.4% same as the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	50
Personas empleadas	309
Nómina anual	$12,509,000

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 29.6% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Calificación de FEMA	Relatively Low
Pérdida anual esperada	32.4 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	40.7 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	93.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	76.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	71.8Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	70.6Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	69.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	67.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	62.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	61.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	52.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalancha	49.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	41Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	33.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	28.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	17.7Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	9.3Very 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	$59,063	$57,917	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$29,400	$32,949	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	12.4%	16.6%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	$152,300	$155,600	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	—	$850	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	85.2%	74.3%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	20.7%	23.3%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	2.5%	5.7%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	6.5%	8%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	0%	1.7%	13.9%
Edad media	39.8	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	MORGANTOWN HART FLD, WV US13.3 km away
Lluvia al año	43 in

Average high and low by month

enero	40.1°F / 24°F3.12 in rain
febrero	43.7°F / 25.8°F2.81 in rain
marzo	52.6°F / 32.6°F3.65 in rain
abril	65.2°F / 42.4°F3.87 in rain
mayo	73.6°F / 51.5°F4.33 in rain
junio	80.9°F / 59.7°F4.07 in rain
julio	84.4°F / 63.8°F4.93 in rain
agosto	83.1°F / 62.5°F3.65 in rain
septiembre	77.1°F / 55.9°F3.41 in rain
octubre	65.9°F / 44.7°F3.09 in rain
noviembre	54.1°F / 35.8°F3.02 in rain
diciembre	44.3°F / 28.6°F3.2 in rain

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	25% of this ZIP code's area
Sin vehículo y lejos de un supermercado	11% 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.

Preston County School District	75.4% de la superficie de este código postal
Monongalia School District	24.6% 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	36más vulnerable que el 36% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	54más vulnerable que el 54% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	31más vulnerable que el 31% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	7más vulnerable que el 7% 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	5.7 out of 20Least walkable

Códigos postales cercanos

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

26524 Bretz, WV	a 3.5 km
26547 Reedsville, WV	a 7 km
26520 Arthurdale, WV	a 8.9 km
26531 Dellslow, WV	a 9.7 km
26508 Morgantown, WV	a 11.6 km
26537 Kingwood, WV	a 12.5 km
26507 Morgantown, WV	a 12.6 km
26519 Albright, WV	a 13.3 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	75.4% of this ZIP code's land area
Monongalia County	24.6% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	35.83 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.16 sq mi
Densidad de población	59 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	39.5731, -79.7906

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.