Código postal 26717 — Elk Garden, WV

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El código postal 26717 cubre Elk Garden, West Virginia, con una población de unos 1,421 y un ingreso medio del hogar de $65,833.

Población: 1,42135 per square mile
Edad media: 308.7 points below the US average
Ingreso medio del hogar: $65,8331.1× the West Virginia median
Tasa de pobreza: 16%3.6 points above the US average
Valor típico de la vivienda: $134,175up 9.6% in five years
Título universitario o superior: 9.3%25.7 points below the US average
Vivienda en propiedad: 96.7%31.7 points above the US average
Zona horaria: Eastern UTC-05:00observes daylight saving time
Empresas: 7

Dónde está 26717

Elk Garden, 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	1,421
Edad media	30
Hogares familiares	83.2%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	0%
Habla un idioma distinto del inglés en casa	0%
Blanca (no hispana)	99.4%
Negra (no hispana)	0%
Asiática (no hispana)	0%
Hispana o latina	0%
Veteranos	6.2%

Población por edad

Ingresos y pobreza

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ingreso medio del hogar	$65,833
Ingreso por persona	$23,169
Tasa de pobreza	16%
Hogares con SNAP o ayudas en efectivo	18.3%

Household income distribution

Under $10k	2.3%
$10–15k	3.0%
$15–20k	8.1%
$20–25k	7.9%
$25–30k	4.3%
$30–35k	2.5%
$35–40k	1.5%
$40–45k	3.6%
$45–50k	4.6%
$50–60k	6.6%
$60–75k	15.7%
$75–100k	29.2%
$100–125k	1.5%
$125–150k	3.8%
$150–200k	3.8%
$200k or more	1.5%

Income as declared to the IRS

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

Declaraciones presentadas	460
Ingreso bruto ajustado medio	$45,274
Declaraciones de $200,000 o más	0%
Returns, under $25k	37.0%
Returns, $25k–$50k	26.1%
Returns, $50k–$75k	17.4%
Returns, $75k–$100k	10.9%
Returns, $100k–$200k	8.7%
Returns, $200k or more	0.0%

Vivienda

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Ocupada por su propietario	96.7%
Viviendas vacías	22.7%
Año medio de construcción	1979

What the homes are

Casa unifamiliar aislada	74.9%
Casa móvil	25.1%

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	$134,175as of 2026-07
Typical home value, 1 year	up 0.4%
Typical home value, 5 years	up 9.6%

Valor típico de la vivienda desde 2000

$94,602 in 2019 to $134,175 in 2026.

Trabajo, desplazamientos y educación

American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates

Tasa de desempleo	11.3%
Licenciatura o superior	9.3%
Bachillerato o superior	85.4%
Trabaja desde casa	9.8%
Conduce solo al trabajo	70.3%
Usa el transporte público	6%
Se desplaza 45 minutos o más	30.4%

Salud

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

Obesidad	43.3% 9.9 pts above the national average of 33.4%
Diabetes diagnosticada	19.2% 7.2 pts above the national average of 12%
Fuma actualmente	23.2% 10 pts above the national average of 13.2%
Hipertensión arterial	49.1% 15 pts above the national average of 34.1%
Salud general regular o mala	30% 9.7 pts above the national average of 20.3%
Sin seguro médico (18 a 64 años)	9.3% 2 pts below the national average of 11.3%
Depresión	30.7% 8.8 pts above the national average of 21.9%
Sin actividad física en el tiempo libre	37.5% 12.1 pts above the national average of 25.4%
Artritis	43.6% 18.5 pts above the national average of 25.1%
Consumo excesivo de alcohol	13.2% 2.8 pts below the national average of 16%
Toma medicación para la tensión	82.4% 7.7 pts above the national average of 74.7%
Cáncer (excepto de piel)	11% 3.3 pts above the national average of 7.7%
Asma actual	12.2% 1.8 pts above the national average of 10.4%
Cardiopatía coronaria	11.1% 4.9 pts above the national average of 6.2%
Revisión médica en el último año	81.7% 5 pts above the national average of 76.7%
Prueba de colesterol	87.5% 1.6 pts above the national average of 85.9%
Discapacidad cognitiva	19.3% 4.5 pts above the national average of 14.8%
Cribado colorrectal	64.9% 0.6 pts above the national average of 64.3%
EPOC	13.8% 7.2 pts above the national average of 6.6%
Visitó al dentista	54.2% 7.1 pts below the national average of 61.3%
Alguna discapacidad	43.2% 12.5 pts above the national average of 30.7%
Falta de apoyo emocional	23.1% 1.7 pts below the national average of 24.8%
Inseguridad alimentaria	17.5% same as the national average of 17.1%
Recibió cupones de alimentos	21% 6.7 pts above the national average of 14.3%
Discapacidad auditiva	11.2% 4.5 pts above the national average of 6.7%
Colesterol alto	44.8% 8.6 pts above the national average of 36.2%
Inseguridad habitacional	12.7% 1.1 pts below the national average of 13.8%
Discapacidad para la vida independiente	12.3% 3.9 pts above the national average of 8.4%
Falta de transporte	9.3% same as the national average of 9.2%
Soledad	31.8% 2.6 pts below the national average of 34.4%
Mamografía	74.3% 1.6 pts below the national average of 75.9%
Mala salud mental (14 días o más)	20.7% 3.9 pts above the national average of 16.8%
Discapacidad de movilidad	23.1% 9.1 pts above the national average of 14%
Mala salud física (14 días o más)	20.1% 6.6 pts above the national average of 13.5%
Discapacidad para el autocuidado	5.6% 1.6 pts above the national average of 4%
Riesgo de corte de suministros	11.7% 2.9 pts above the national average of 8.8%
Duerme menos de 7 horas	39.3% 2.9 pts above the national average of 36.4%
Ictus	5.3% 1.9 pts above the national average of 3.4%
Pérdida de todos los dientes naturales	24.3% 11.3 pts above the national average of 13%
Discapacidad visual	6.9% 1.3 pts above the national average of 5.6%

Empresas y empleo

Census ZIP Code Business Patterns 2022

Establecimientos comerciales	7
Personas empleadas	39
Nómina anual	$1,029,000

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 65.3% 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	53.3 sobre 100
Resiliencia comunitaria	32.3 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	94.4Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Inundación fluvial	91Very High at its worst in this ZIP code
Sequía	81.2Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Temporal invernal	77.4Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Viento fuerte	68.6Relatively High at its worst in this ZIP code
Granizo	67Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Huracán	60.1Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Incendio forestal	59.5Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Avalancha	53.6Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de frío	46.8Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Rayos	46Relatively Moderate at its worst in this ZIP code
Tornado	29.6Relatively Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Terremoto	24.4Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Tormenta de hielo	20Very Low at its worst in this ZIP code
Ola de calor	5.3Relatively 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	$65,833	$57,917	$78,538
Ingreso por persona	$23,169	$32,949	$43,289
Tasa de pobreza	16%	16.6%	12.4%
Valor medio de la vivienda	—	$155,600	$303,400
Alquiler bruto medio	—	$850	$1,348
Vivienda en propiedad	96.7%	74.3%	65%
Licenciatura o superior	9.3%	23.3%	35%
Tasa de desempleo	11.3%	5.7%	5.2%
Trabaja desde casa	9.8%	8%	13.5%
Nacidos fuera de EE. UU.	0%	1.7%	13.9%
Edad media	30	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	KEYSER 2 SSW, WV US14.3 km away
Lluvia al año	41 in
Nieve al año	34 in

Average high and low by month

enero	39.5°F / 20.7°F2.77 in rain, 9.6 in snow
febrero	43.8°F / 21.9°F2.57 in rain, 10.3 in snow
marzo	53°F / 28.2°F3.79 in rain, 5.5 in snow
abril	66.5°F / 37.2°F3.85 in rain, 0.2 in snow
mayo	75.5°F / 47.1°F4.54 in rain
junio	83.9°F / 56°F4.34 in rain
julio	88.6°F / 60.9°F3.83 in rain
agosto	86.5°F / 59.1°F3.25 in rain
septiembre	79.7°F / 51.7°F3.57 in rain
octubre	67.4°F / 40.3°F3.11 in rain, 0.2 in snow
noviembre	54.3°F / 30.6°F2.74 in rain, 1.1 in snow
diciembre	43.3°F / 24.9°F3.04 in rain, 6.6 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	82% 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.

Mineral County School District	82.3% de la superficie de este código postal
Grant County School District	17.7% 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	55más vulnerable que el 55% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Nivel socioeconómico	58más vulnerable que el 58% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Características del hogar	58más vulnerable que el 58% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Minorías raciales y étnicas	24más vulnerable que el 24% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Tipo de vivienda y transporte	56más vulnerable que el 56% de los sectores censales de EE. UU.
Caminabilidad	4.8 out of 20Least walkable

Códigos postales cercanos

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

21538 Kitzmiller, MD	a 8.4 km
26743 New Creek, WV	a 9.3 km
26739 Mount Storm, WV	a 12.5 km
21561 Swanton, MD	a 14.6 km
21523 Bloomington, MD	a 15 km
21540 Luke, MD	a 15.1 km
26750 Piedmont, WV	a 15.8 km
21550 Oakland, MD	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.

Mineral County	82.3% of this ZIP code's land area
Grant County	17.7% of this ZIP code's land area
Zona horaria	Eastern (UTC-05:00 standard)
Horario de verano	Observed
Superficie terrestre	41.05 sq mi
Superficie de agua	0.65 sq mi
Densidad de población	35 people per sq mi
Latitud, longitud	39.3631, -79.1539

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.