ZIP 26201 · Buckhannon
Who lives in ZIP code 26201 (Buckhannon, WV): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Buckhannon, WV · Upshur County
uszips 2026
People18,689
Median age42.6
Household income$53,832
Home value$176,367
Median rent$878/mo
Poverty18.9%
College degree+19.9%
Commute26 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 41 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 7,646
Spans 3 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
22.9% are 65 or older; 81.6% are adults.
Household income
21.6% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $29,140.
Education (adults 25+)
44.3% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
1.6% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 45.9%
- Never married
- 29.8%
- Divorced
- 16.8%
- Widowed
- 7.5%
- Family size
- 2.79
- Dual-income families
- 38.8%
Housing
- Own their home
- 78.1%
- Rent burden
- 34.0%
- Men / women
- 51% / 50%
Work
- In labor force
- 48.6%
- Unemployment
- 5.3%
- Self-employed
- 10.2%
- Farmers
- 2.9%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 9.0%
- Veterans
- 8.0%
- With a disability
- 16.7%
- No health insurance
- 6.3%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.