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Fairmont, WV 26554 ZIP Code Profile

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ZIP Code 26554: Basic Data & USPS Preferred City Name

Preferred Name, USPS

Fairmont, WV 26554

Acceptable Alternative

Jordan, WV 26554

Monongah, WV 26554

Pleasant Valley, WV 26554

Pleasant Vly, WV 26554

White Hall, WV 26554

Not Acceptable, USPS

Bellview, WV 26554

ZIP Code Type: STANDARD
County: Marion County
Centroid: Latitude 39.476, Longitude -80.152
Time Zone: Eastern Time Zone (UTC -5 hours)
Observes DST: Yes

ZIP Code 26554 has segments in 4 Counties (Harrison, Marion, Monongalia, Taylor).

Businesses Addresses: 1,301
PO Box Addresses: 0
Residential Addresses: 18,621

Multi-Family Addresses: 622
Single Family Addresses: 17,999

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

26554 ZIP Code Map

Fairmont, WV 26554 Data & Demographics (As of July 1, 2017)

POPULATION
Total Population	43,425
Daytime Population: Workers	18,632
Daytime Population: Residents	24,155
Total Daytime Population (TDP)	42,787
Ratio TDP/Total Population¹	0.99
Population in Households	42,115
Population in Familes	32,222
Population in Group Qrtrs	1,310
Population Density²	339
Diversity Index³	18

INCOME
Median Household Income	$43,894
Average Household Income	$59,258
Per Capita Income	$25,500

HOUSING
Total Housing Units	20,272 (100%)
Owner Occupied HU	12,204 (60.2%)
Renter Occupied HU	6,164 (30.4%)
Vacant Housing Units	1,904 ( 9.4%)
Median Home Value	$119,537
Average Home Value	$145,235

HOUSEHOLDS
Total Households	18,368
Average Household Size	2.29
Family Households	11,214
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	0.5%	0.41%
Households	0.44%	0.36%
Families	0.23%	0.23%
Median Household Income		1.41%
Per Capita Income		2.37%

Fairmont, WV 26554 - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares 26554 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.