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26544 ZIP Code

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ZIP code 26544 covers Pentress, West Virginia, with a population of about 0.

Population
0
Time zone
Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Businesses
6

Where 26544 is

Pentress, 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
Housing

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Vacant homes100%

What the homes are

Detached house100%
Health

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

Obesity30.9% 2.5 pts below the national average of 33.4%
Diagnosed diabetes14.2% 2.2 pts above the national average of 12%
Currently smokes13.7% 0.5 pts above the national average of 13.2%
High blood pressure40.8% 6.7 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Fair or poor general health21% 0.7 pts above the national average of 20.3%
No health insurance (18–64)7.2% 4.1 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depression27.7% 5.8 pts above the national average of 21.9%
No leisure-time physical activity27% 1.6 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Arthritis36.6% 11.5 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Binge drinking14.2% 1.8 pts below the national average of 16%
Taking blood pressure medication82.8% 8.1 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cancer (non-skin)11.5% 3.8 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Current asthma11.8% 1.4 pts above the national average of 10.4%
Coronary heart disease9.2% 3 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Routine check-up in past year81.5% 4.8 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Cholesterol screening88.3% 2.4 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Cognitive disability16.2% 1.4 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Colorectal screening74% 9.7 pts above the national average of 64.3%
COPD9.1% 2.5 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visited a dentist63% 1.7 pts above the national average of 61.3%
Any disability35.6% 4.9 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Lacks emotional support21.1% 3.7 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Food insecurity11.3% 5.8 pts below the national average of 17.1%
Received food stamps11.4% 2.9 pts below the national average of 14.3%
Hearing disability10.3% 3.6 pts above the national average of 6.7%
High cholesterol42% 5.8 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Housing insecurity9.2% 4.6 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Independent living disability9.8% 1.4 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Lacks transport7% 2.2 pts below the national average of 9.2%
Loneliness34.5% same as the national average of 34.4%
Mammography use80.2% 4.3 pts above the national average of 75.9%
Poor mental health (14+ days)19% 2.2 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Mobility disability17.3% 3.3 pts above the national average of 14%
Poor physical health (14+ days)15.4% 1.9 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Self-care disability3.7% same as the national average of 4%
Utility shut-off threat7.6% 1.2 pts below the national average of 8.8%
Sleeps under 7 hours37% 0.6 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Stroke4.2% 0.8 pts above the national average of 3.4%
All natural teeth lost15.8% 2.8 pts above the national average of 13%
Vision disability5% 0.6 pts below the national average of 5.6%
Business and employment

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Business establishments6
People employed110
Annual payroll$5,403,000
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 85.5% of US census tracts
FEMA ratingRelatively Moderate to Relatively High across the 2 census tracts this ZIP code covers
Expected annual loss85.8 out of 100
Community resilience76.1 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.

Landslide97.9Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
River flooding97.6Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Lightning84.7Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Drought80.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Strong wind76.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Hail74Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Wildfire69.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Hurricane56.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Winter weather54Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado51.4Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ice storm50.7Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Cold wave28.8Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Earthquake27.7Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Heat wave20Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
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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
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 stationMORGANTOWN L&D, WV US11.5 km away
Rain in a year45 in

Average high and low by month

January38.7°F / 20.9°F3.55 in rain
February42.7°F / 21.7°F3.14 in rain
March51.2°F / 28.4°F3.95 in rain
April64.1°F / 38.5°F4.1 in rain
May72.4°F / 49.2°F4.24 in rain
June79.7°F / 58.2°F4.49 in rain
July83.4°F / 62.5°F4.72 in rain
August81.9°F / 61°F3.65 in rain
September76.7°F / 54.6°F3.33 in rain
October65.3°F / 43°F2.86 in rain
November53.1°F / 32.2°F3.01 in rain
December43.3°F / 25.8°F3.47 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 supermarketNone of this ZIP code
Far from a supermarketNone of this ZIP code
No vehicle and far from a supermarket74% of this ZIP code's area
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%.

Monongalia 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 vulnerability11more vulnerable than 11% of US census tracts
Socioeconomic status20more vulnerable than 20% of US census tracts
Household characteristics46more vulnerable than 46% of US census tracts
Racial and ethnic minority status3more vulnerable than 3% of US census tracts
Housing type and transport9more vulnerable than 9% of US census tracts
Walkability4.4 out of 20Least walkable
Nearby ZIP codes

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

26504 Morgantown, WV0 km away
26588 Rivesville, WV4.8 km away
26560 Baxter, WV5.7 km away
26586 Montana Mines, WV6.6 km away
26574 Grant Town, WV7.8 km away
26527 Cassville, WV10 km away
26501 Morgantown, WV10 km away
26559 Barrackville, WV10.6 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.

Monongalia County100% of this ZIP code's land area
Time zoneEastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Daylight saving timeObserved
Land area0.83 sq mi
Water area0.01 sq mi
Latitude, longitude39.5785, -80.0930

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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