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Paden City, WV 26159 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 26159: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Paden City, WV 26159

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Wetzel County
Centroid: Latitude 39.605, Longitude -80.93
Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 26159 has segments in 2 Counties (Tyler, Wetzel).

Businesses Addresses: 63
PO Box Addresses: 39
Residential Addresses: 1,134

Multi-Family Addresses: 0
Single Family Addresses: 1,134

The ZIP Code maps and database are updated 4 times per year.
Database updated: February 1, 2018, Maps updated: February 1, 2018.

EXTREMELY LOCAL Demographic Data

26159 ZIP Code Map

Paden City, WV 26159 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	2,975
Daytime Population: Workers	819
Daytime Population: Residents	1,848
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	2,667
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.90
Population in Households	2,975
Population in Familes	2,422
Population in Group Qrtrs	0
Population Density²	490
Diversity Index³	5

INCOME
Median Household Income	$35,056
Average Household Income	$45,955
Per Capita Income	$20,019

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	1,494 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	982 (65.7%)
Renter Occupied HU	314 (21.0%)
Vacant Housing Units	198 (13.3%)
Median Home Value	$83,937
Average Home Value	$103,360

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	1,296
Average Household Size	2.3
Family Households	882
Average Family Size	3

NOTES

If the ratio of the TDP to Total Population is greater than 1, the location gains population during the day when commuting workers are present. If the ratio is less than 1, the location is more of a bedroom community where people commute to another place for work.
Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelihood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.

GROWTH RATE / YEAR	2010-2017	2017-2022
Population	-0.63%	-0.7%
Households	-0.54%	-0.66%
Families	-0.73%	-0.81%
Median Household Income		1.26%
Per Capita Income		2.59%

Paden City, WV 26159 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 26159 to the other 663 ZIP Codes in West Virginia by rank and percentile using July 1, 2017 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.