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26070

ZIP 26070 is Wellsburg, West Virginia, in Brooke County; area codes 304 and 681; Eastern time.

Type
Standard
Time zone
America/New_York
County
Brooke
Population
7,741
Coordinates
40.2598, -80.5800
☼ Live from 26070 — Wellsburg, WV

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Where 26070 is

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★ Weird and wonderful facts about 26070
  • 🔢 Type 26070 into a pocket calculator and turn it upside down: OLOgZ — not quite a word, sorry.
  • ➕ As a number, 26,070 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 11 × 79. Its digits add up to 15, a total 1,657 other ZIP codes share.
  • 💾In binary, the way a computer stores it: 110010111010110
  • 🏠 Its numerical neighbours: 26062 (Weirton, WV, 11 mi away) and 26074 (West Liberty, WV, 6 mi away).
  • 🔄 Backwards, 26070 becomes 07062 — and that is a real ZIP code: Plainfield, NJ, 326 miles away.
  • 👥 30 other ZIP codes are made of exactly the same digits (00627, 00726, 02067, 02670, 02760, 06027, …). The farthest-flung twin is 00726 in Caguas, PR, 1,750 miles away.
  • 🧭 Farther north than 59% of all ZIP codes, and farther east than 72%.
  • 🎯951 miles east of the geographic center of the Lower 48, near Lebanon, Kansas.
  • 🌏 Dig straight through the Earth from 26070 and you would come out at 40.26°S, 99.42°E — 1,080 miles from Perth, Australia, the nearest big city to that spot.
  • ☀Longest day of the year: 15h 03m of daylight. Shortest: 9h 18m.
  • 📏 At 40.0 square miles of land, 26070 is bigger than 53% of ZIP codes — room for about 30 Central Parks.
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People and housing

Population7,741This ZIP7,741
Households3,382This ZIP3,382
Housing units3,913This ZIP3,913
Median age49.2This ZIP49.2West Virginia42.7US 38.9
Median household income$52,359This ZIP$52,359West Virginia$59,608US $80,734
Median home value$143,500This ZIP$143,500West Virginia$162,600US $332,700
Median gross rent$613This ZIP$613West Virginia$872US $1,413
Bachelor's degree or higher23.2%This ZIP23.2%
Mean commute27.1 minThis ZIP27.1 min
Population density193.7 / sq miThis ZIP193.7 / sq mi

Business and tax activity

Business establishments134This ZIP134
Employees1,064This ZIP1,064
Annual payroll$37,191,000This ZIP$37,191,000
Tax returns filed3,790This ZIP3,790
Total adjusted gross income$255,141,000This ZIP$255,141,000

Land area

Land area39.97 sq miThis ZIP39.97 sq mi
Water area1.16 sq miThis ZIP1.16 sq mi

Other place names in 26070

Census places whose land this ZIP code overlaps. The Postal Service may accept other city names in an address, too.

ZIP codes near 26070

ZIPCityDistance
43913 Brilliant, OH 3.1 mi
26030 Beech Bottom, WV 4.8 mi
26037 Follansbee, WV 5.2 mi
26032 Bethany, WV 5.4 mi
43938 Mingo Junction, OH 5.7 mi
26075 Windsor Heights, WV 5.7 mi
26035 Colliers, WV 6.0 mi
26074 West Liberty, WV 6.5 mi
26058 Short Creek, WV 6.6 mi
15312 Avella, PA 7.4 mi

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Questions about this ZIP code

Where is ZIP code 26070?

26070 is in Wellsburg, West Virginia, in Brooke County, part of the Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH metropolitan area. Its published point location is 40.2598, -80.5800.

What county is 26070 in?

26070 lies in Brooke County.

What area code is 26070?

Wellsburg uses area codes 304 and 681, from NANPA's telephone records.

What time zone is 26070 in?

26070 uses America/New_York.

How many people live in 26070?

About 7,741 people live in ZIP code 26070, in 3,382 households, at 193.7 people per square mile. These are American Community Survey 5-year estimates for the ZIP Code Tabulation Area, not a headcount.

What is the median household income in 26070?

$52,359 a year, against $59,608 across West Virginia.

What ZIP codes are near 26070?

The closest are 43913 (3.1 mi), 26030 (4.8 mi), 26037 (5.2 mi), 26032 (5.4 mi) and 43938 (5.7 mi).

Is 26070 a PO Box ZIP code?

26070 is a standard ZIP code. A normal ZIP code with street delivery.

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